Oscar O'Sullivan
Biography
Oscar O’Sullivan is Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul at the British Embassy in Montevideo.
He has worked at the FCDO since 2018, both in the UK and on temporary deployments to Lisbon, São Paulo, Berlin, Bucharest and Moscow. Prior to this, he worked in the wider Civil Service, including at the Home Office, Cabinet Office and on secondment to Scotland’s economic development agency.
Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Montevideo
The Deputy Head of Mission is a senior diplomat and typically a key advisor to the Ambassador or High Commissioner. The Deputy is responsible for the daily management of an overseas Embassy or High Commission. They will represent the UK’s interests in the absence of the Ambassador as Chargé d’Affaires. A senior ranking Deputy may also take the title Minister. Smaller missions may not have a Deputy Head.