Press release
Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Greece
Ms Kate Smith CMG has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic
Ms Kate Smith CMG has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic in succession to Mr John Kittmer. Ms Smith will take up her appointment during January 2017.
Curriculum Vitae
| Full name | Katherine Lucy Smith CMG |
| 2012 – 2016 | FCO, Director Americas |
| 2009 – 2012 | Shell International, Head of UK Government Relations |
| 2008 – 2009 | Secondment to Shell International, International Government Relations Advisor |
| 2007 | FCO, Policy Planning Staff |
| 2005 – 2007 | Tehran, Deputy Head of Mission |
| 2004 – 2005 | Full time language training (Persian) |
| 2003 – 2004 | FCO, Head of the Security Sector Unit, Iraq Policy Unit |
| 2001 – 2003 | FCO, Deputy Head, Security Policy Department |
| 1997 – 2001 | UK Mission to the UN in New York, First Secretary |
| 1994 – 1997 | FCO, Head of Chemical and Biological Weapons Section, Counter Proliferation Department |
| 1991 – 1994 | Athens, Second Secretary Press and Internal Political |
| 1990 – 1991 | Full time language training (Greek) |
| 1988 – 1990 | FCO, Desk Officer for Malawi and Zambia, Central African Department |
| 1988 | Lusaka, Economic Reporting |
| 1987 | Joined FCO |
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Published 1 June 2016