Jackie Barson MBE
Biography
Jackie Barson MBE was High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea from 2010 to 2014.
Career with Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Nov 2009 - Feb 2010 UKTI (on loan) Prime Minister’s Global Investment Conference
Sept 2005 - Sept 2009 FCO: Deputy Director of Protocol and Assistant Marshal of the London Diplomatic Corps
May 2005 - Aug 2005 FCO: UK/India Education Initiative, South Asia Group
Jan 2005 - April 2005 Serious Organised Crime Agency (on secondment)
Oct 2004 - Dec 2004 Belmopan: Deputy Head of Mission
Feb 2004 - Sept 2004 FCO: Head of Public Diplomacy Challenge Fund and Head of London Press Service, Public Diplomacy Group
Nov 2002 - Feb 2004 FCO: Senior Assistant to Director General Corporate Affairs
April 2001 - Aug 2002 Secondment to Manchester Organising Committee for the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Deputy Head of Protocol
July 1999 - Oct 2000 Sydney: Olympic and Paralympic Attaché to Team GB for the Olympic Games
1994 - 1999 Ottawa: Second Secretary (Economic)
1992 - 1993 Copenhagen, Brussels and Athens: Presidency Liaison Officer
1991 - 1993 FCO: Desk Officer, Security Coordination Department
1989 - 1991 FCO: Visits Officer, Conference and Visits Group
1986 - 1989 UKMIS Geneva: Assistant Administrative Officer
1981 - 1986 Overseas postings to: Prague, Belgrade, Abu Dhabi and Bandar Seri Begawan
1979 - 1981 FCO: Desk Officer, Parliamentary Unit
1979 - Joined FCO
Previous roles in government
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British High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea