Becks Buckingham OBE

Biography

Full name: Becks Buckingham

Dates Role
August 2021 to present Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, British Embassy Caracas
2020 to 2021 Department for International Trade (DIT), Director Project DEFEND and Global Strategy Directorate
2019 to 2020 DIT, Deputy Director, Foreign and Security Policy
2017 to 2019 Department for International Development (DFID), Country Director, South Sudan
2015 to 2017 DFID, Deputy Country Director, Afghanistan
2013 to 2015 Cross Whitehall, Deputy Head, Stabilisation Unit
2012 Ministry of Justice (MOJ), Head of Residence, HM Prison Isis in London
2010 to 2011 FCO, Head of Rule of Law Team, British Embassy Kabul
2007 to 2010 MOJ, Deputy Governor, HM Prison Send in Woking
2000 to 2007 Ministry of Defence (various roles)
1990 to 2007 Regular/Reserve Army Officer

Previous roles in government

  • Chargé d’Affaires ad Interim to Venezuela
  • Head of DFID South Sudan