Press release
Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Afghanistan: Nicholas Kay
Sir Nicholas Kay KCMG has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Sir Nicholas Kay KCMG has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in succession to Mr Dominic Jermey CVO OBE. Sir Nicholas will take up his appointment in August 2017.
Curriculum Vitae
| Full name: | Sir Nicholas Kay KCMG |
| Married to: | Susan Kay |
| Children: | Three |
| 2016 – present | United Kingdom Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa |
| 2013 – 2016 | Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) |
| 2012 – 2013 | FCO, Director Africa |
| 2010 – 2012 | FCO, Ambassador to the Republic of Sudan |
| 2007 – 2010 | FCO, Ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo and Republic of Congo |
| 2006 – 2007 | UK Regional Co-ordinator Southern Afghanistan |
| 2002 – 2006 | FCO, Deputy Head of Mission, Madrid |
| 2000 – 2002 | FCO, Deputy Head, Policy Planning Staff |
| 1997 – 2000 | FCO, Deputy Head of Mission, Havana |
| 1995 – 1997 | FCO, Head, Pakistan and Afghanistan Section, South Asian Department |
| 1988 – 1990 | Founder, Leading Edge Training Systems |
| 1980 – 1994 | English language teacher in Cyprus, Saudi Arabia, Peru, Brazil, Spain and the UK |
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Published 27 July 2017