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Mel Barlow became His Majesty’s Ambassador to Laos in September 2023. Mel was most recently Deputy Ambassador in Kathmandu (2022 to 2023). She joined the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in 2002 and has previous postings to Tokyo (2005 to...
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Mel is Director General for the Litigation with Justice and Security directorate. Her previous Civil Service roles include: • Director General, Employment with Economic Recovery and UK Governance Directorate, GLD, October 2021 to May 2023 • Director of Litigation November...
Melanie took up her present position as Charge d’Affaires in San Jose in June 2015. After joining the FCO in 2000, Melanie worked in the Middle East Department and took up her first posting in 2002 to work on the...
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