Anguilla is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles,lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin. The territory consists of the main island of Anguilla,approximately 16 miles long by 3 miles (5 km) wide at its widest point,together with a number of much smaller islands and cays with no permanent population. The territory's capital is The Valley. The total land area of the territory is 35 square miles (91 km2),with a population of approximately 15,753 (2021).
The Foreign,Commonwealth &Development Office (FCDO) is a department of His Majesty's Government. Equivalent to other countries' ministries of foreign affairs,it was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the Foreign &Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID). The FCO,itself created in 1968 by the merger of the Foreign Office (FO) and the Commonwealth Office,was responsible for protecting and promoting British interests worldwide.
The Civil Contingencies Secretariat (CCS),created in July 2001,is the executive department of the British Cabinet Office responsible for emergency planning in the UK. The role of the secretariat is to ensure the United Kingdom's resilience against disruptive challenge,and to do this by working with others to anticipate,assess,prevent,prepare,respond and recover. Until its creation in 2001,emergency planning in Britain was the responsibility of the Home Office. The CCS also supports the Civil Contingencies Committee,also known as COBR.
The Governor of the Cayman Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the Cayman Islands. The Governor,a civil servant who has in modern times typically been a British subject normally resident in the United Kingdom,is appointed by the monarch from the staff of the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office on the advice of the British government. The role of the Governor is to act as the de facto head of state,and is responsible for appointing the Premier,who is the leader of the party with a majority of seats in the Legislature.
Sir Kevin Reginald Tebbit is a former British civil servant.
Daphne Margaret Sybil Désirée Park,Baroness Park of Monmouth,CMG,OBE,FRSA was a British intelligence officer,diplomat and public servant. During her career as a clandestine senior controller in MI6 (1943–1993) she was stationed in Austria (1946-1948),Moscow (1954–1956),the Congo (1959–1961),Zambia (1964–1967) and Hanoi (1969–1971).
Sir Robert John Sawers FRUSI is a British intelligence officer,diplomat and civil servant. He was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6),a position he held from November 2009 until November 2014. He was previously the British Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2007 to November 2009.
Sir Julian Beresford King is a British diplomat and civil servant who served as the final British European Commissioner from 2016 to 2019,having previously served as the British ambassador to Ireland (2009–2012) and France (2016).
William Alistair Harrison is His Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps. He was previously Governor of Anguilla from 21 April 2009 to 23 July 2013.
Victoria Marguerite Treadell,is the high commissioner of the United Kingdom to Australia and has been in the posting since April 2019. She is the former High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia,High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to New Zealand and Samoa,and Governor of the Pitcairn Islands.
Dame Karen Elizabeth Pierce,Lady Roxburgh,is a British diplomat who is currently British Ambassador to the United States at the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office,and was previously the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations.
Asif Ahmad is a banker-turned-diplomat,currently serving as a Senior Civil Servant at the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office. From 2017 to August 2021 he was the British High Commissioner to Jamaica. He was the British Ambassador to Thailand from November 2010 until August 2012. He was the British Ambassador to the Philippines from July 2013 to 2017. He has also been accredited to the Bahamas,Palau and Laos.
Simon Gerard McDonald,Baron McDonald of Salford,is a British former diplomat who was the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service until September 2020. He was the last professional head of the Foreign &Commonwealth Office before the creation of the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office. He has been the Master of Christ's College,Cambridge,since September 2022.
Christopher Jon Martin,was a British civil servant. He was Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 2012 to 2015.
Andrew Scott Norman Wightman is a senior British civil servant and former diplomat. Before his appointment as Director for External Affairs in the Scottish Government,Wightman was High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Singapore from 2015 to 2019,succeeding Antony Phillipson. Prior to this,Wightman was British Ambassador to South Korea between 2011 and January 2015.
Timothy John Foy is a former British civil servant and territorial governor. He served as Governor of Anguilla from August 2017 through December 2020. During his inaugural address,he stated that economic development and improving public safety would be his key priorities as governor.
Madeleine Kay Alessandri is a British civil servant who has had a career in the security and diplomatic services. As of February 2020,she is the Permanent Secretary for the Northern Ireland Office,replacing Sir Jonathan Stephens following his retirement.
Martin Alexander Baillie Reynolds is a British civil servant who served as Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 2019 to 2022. Reynolds previously served as British Ambassador to Libya under Prime Minister Theresa May and as the principal private secretary to Johnson when he served as Foreign Secretary in May's government.
Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam is a British lawyer and civil servant who has served as Governor of Anguilla since 18 January 2021. She is the second female holder of the position after Christina Scott.
