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Louise Cantillon took up the role of Consul General in Sydney, and Deputy Trade Commissioner, Department for International Trade, Australia and New Zealand, in April 2021 Her previous roles include: Sector Director and Minister Counsellor, Creative, Consumer and Learning Industries...
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Contacts for Public Security Bureaux in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chongqing.
Ian Richards succeeded David Ward as British Ambassador to Eritrea in July 2016. Ian Richards has served as a UK diplomat in Shanghai, Beijing, Caracas, and as interim head of post at the UK embassies in Ashgabat, Bamako and Conakry....
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Simon Featherstone, CMG was British High Commissioner to Malaysia from October 2010 until his death in service in August 2014. Career at Foreign & Commonwealth Office Consul General Shanghai (1994-96) and Political and Economic Counsellor Beijing during the Hong Kong...
Chris Wood was HM Consul-General in Shanghai from July 2019 to 2023. September 2016 to March 2019: European External Action Service (EEAS), Deputy Head, EU Delegation to China March 2013 to August 2016: FCO, Director, British Trade & Cultural Office...
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Mr Brian Davidson CMG serves as His Majesty’s Consul General to Hong Kong and Non-Resident Consul General to Macao, having taken up the position in July 2021. Brian joined the FCO in 1985 and has served in Beijing, Guangzhou and...
Dr Catherine Raines was appointed as Chief Executive of UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) on 7 September 2015 and, upon the formation of the Department for International Trade, became Director General of International Trade and Investment. She continued to lead...
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