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Ken O’Flaherty became Acting High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam in August 2025 after serving as the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim to Myanmar from February 2023. Ken joined the Diplomatic Service in 1996, and has previously represented the UK government in...
Mark Kent was British Ambassador to the Argentine Republic from July 2016 to June 2021. He was previously Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand (2012-2016) and Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (2007-2010). He has served in the British...
Sir Nicholas Kay KCMG took up his appointment as COP26 Regional Ambassador for Africa in October 2020. Find out more about COP26 , the 2021 United Nations Climate Conference. Follow Sir Nicholas on Twitter . He has previously served as...
Kenneth Clarke KC served as Conservative MP for Rushcliffe from June 1970 to December 2019. Education He was educated at Nottingham High School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Political career Kenneth was Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for...
Keith has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in The Hague since August 2023. Prior to his posting in the Netherlands he was Minister Counsellor at the British Embassy in Kyiv. Keith joined the UK Foreign and...
Nikesh (Nik) Mehta is the British High Commissioner to Singapore. Prior to this, Nik served from 2022 to 2024 as the Director for Policy and Requirements in the UK’s National Security Community. Nik joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office...
UK explanation of vote delivered by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, following the UN Security Council vote on the draft resolution on Missing Persons in Iraq and Kuwait.
Jon Benjamin was UK Ambassador to Mexico between 2021 and 2024. Jon joined the Diplomatic Service in 1986, and previously represented the British government in Chile, Ghana, Turkey, Indonesia, and the United States, during his 35-year career. Before his role...
Jeff Glekin was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Plurinational State of Bolivia from January 2019 to August 2023. Previously he was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Bogota. Jeff spent 4 years as Deputy Head of...
Stephen Conlon was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to Turkmenistan in May 2023. Prior to this, he studied Russian language full time. Stephen started his career in 1999 as the Desk Officer in the Economic Policy Department in the FCO. Since...
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