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Alexandra Needham joined the FCO in 2004. Her Foreign Office career has to date covered Asia (with a particular focus on China) and Latin America. Her previous overseas posting was as Political Consul at the British Consulate-General in Chongqing, south-west...
2013 Tbilisi Her Majesty’s Ambassador 2011 to 2013 maternity leave 2009 to 2011 Bogota, Deputy Head of Mission 2007 to 2008 maternity leave 2006 to 2007 New Delhi, Counsellor and Head of Political Section 2004 to 2006 FCO, Head of...
Alex Smith was appointed as Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City and Trade Director for Vietnam in July 2024. Ahead of taking up her appointment, Alex was the UK’s first Trade and Economic Counsellor to the Association of Southeast...
Alexandra Elson joined Export Guarantees Advisory Council ( EGAC ) in July 2011. Alexandra is Senior Stakeholder Relations Adviser at Shell. Before joining Shell, she was natural resources adviser at the Department for International Development, engaged in long- and short-term...
Alexandra Knapton is the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Bogota. Alexandra speaks French and Spanish and has in-depth experience of Latin America, as well as the European Union. From 2010 to 2012, she advised the EU...
Alex joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 2002, and has spent her career focusing on Europe and Asia, with postings to Beijing, Paris, Berlin, Singapore and Bangkok. Curriculum vitae Dates Role January to April 2024 Higher Command and...
Alexandra Jones is the Director General for Science, Innovation and Growth at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ( DSIT ). Alexandra was Director for Science, Research and Innovation at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (...
Alexandra Cole is His Majesty’s Ambassador to Armenia. Curriculum vitae April 2018 - September 2020 Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Tbilisi Apr 2016 - Mar 2018 Counsellor Migration and Protracted Crises, UK Mission to the UN and other Organisations...
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