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Kazi Dinsmore took up his appointment as British Deputy High Commissioner to Maldives in January 2023. Kazi joined the UK Civil Service in 2018 following 10 years in the Royal Navy and 7 years in the private sector. He has...
Information about HM Prison and Probation Service social media accounts and how we use and moderate them.
Rita French is Britain’s Global Ambassador for Human Rights and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva. Rita was appointed in May 2019. Rita has over 20 years of experience in public service. Rita began her career as...
Matt Field was appointed British Ambassador to the Czech Republic in January 2023. Matt was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina from August 2018 to June 2022. Matt has previously served in a number of overseas political and policy...
Why and how HM Revenue and Customs uses social media, what we expect from you and what you can expect from us.
Find out your VAT obligations if you use an online marketplace to sell goods in the UK.
John Virgoe was appointed British High Commissioner to Brunei in July 2020. Prior to this appointment, he was Head of South-East Asia Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London. Mr Virgoe joined the FCO in 1991. He...
Anjoum arrived in Brazil as HM Consul General to Rio de Janeiro in January 2022. In addition to leading the UK government’s presence in Rio de Janeiro, he oversees British diplomatic work across Brazil on 3 portfolios: energy, aviation and...
Her Excellency Ailsa Terry CMG started as the British High Commissioner to Malaysia in August 2023 in succession to Charles Hay MVO. Before taking up the post of High Commissioner, Ms Terry was the Director of the FCDO’s inaugural Sanctions...
Mr Stephen Charles Hitchen was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq in July 2023. Prior to this appointment, Stephen performed a number of Director roles in London, with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa...
FCDO travel advice for Maldives. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Tammy Sandhu is His Majesty’s Consul General in San Francisco. Prior to this appointment she served as Deputy Consul General, co-leading UK-US relations across the Pacific North West: Northern California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Alaska. The Consulate-General covers...
Kara has been the British High Commissioner to Singapore since 26 June 2019. Before becoming High Commissioner, Kara was most recently Director for the Americas at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in...
Hugh was appointed Her Majesty´s Ambassador to Spain and non-resident Ambassador to Andorra in August 2019. Prior to this, he was Director for Communications and Stakeholders at the Department for Exiting the European Union. Curriculum vitae 2018 to 2019 Department...
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