The Heads of British diplomatic missions are persons appointed as senior diplomats to individual nations,or international organisations. They are usually appointed as ambassadors,except in member countries of the Commonwealth of Nations where a high commissioner is appointed. The head of mission to an international organisation is usually a permanent representative. For some nations a consul or consul-general is appointed.
Sir Laurence Stanley Charles Bristow is a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to Afghanistan between June and November 2021,notably during the fall of Kabul. He served as British Ambassador to Azerbaijan from 2004 to 2007 and British Ambassador to Russia from 2016 to 2020. He is now President of Hughes Hall,Cambridge.
Said Tayeb Jawad is an Afghan politician and diplomat. He served as the last ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Russian Federation,from 2021 to 2022. From 2017 to 2020,Jawad served as Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. From December 2003 to September 2010,Jawad served as Ambassador to the United States. He was also the non-resident Ambassador to Mexico,Brazil,Colombia and Argentina. From 2002 to 2003,he was Chief of Staff to President Hamid Karzai.
Nick Baird CMG CVO is group corporate affairs director of energy firm,Centrica. Before that he was Chief Executive Officer of UK Trade &Investment. He is also a non executive director of NordAnglia inc,a Trustee of Kew Gardens,and a member of the Advisory Council of Sheffield University School of Management.
Edward David Gerard Llewellyn,Baron Llewellyn of Steep,is a British diplomat and former political adviser serving as the British Ambassador to Italy since 2022. He previously served as the British Ambassador to France from 2016 to 2021 and as the Downing Street Chief of Staff under former prime minister David Cameron from 2010 to 2016.
Sir Simon Lawrance Gass is a British civil servant. Since 2019,he has chaired the Joint Intelligence Committee and he also served as the British Prime Minister's representative on Afghanistan from 2021 to 2022 concurrently. Between 2018 and 2019,he was the Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies. During his diplomatic career,he served as British ambassador to Greece and to Iran. In May 2023,it was announced he was stepping down as Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and succeeded by Madeleine Alessandri.
James Wilfrid Watt CVO is a British former diplomat who was ambassador to Lebanon,Jordan and Egypt.
Dame Barbara Janet Woodward is a British diplomat and China expert. She is the current Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations,having previously served as British Ambassador to China from 2015 to 2020,the first woman to hold that position.
Todd Crawford Chapman is an American career diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Brazil and the United States Ambassador to Ecuador.
Parminder Vir is an British business executive,filmmaker and television producer.
Catherine Elizabeth Jane Arnold,is a British academic administrator and former diplomat. Since October 2019,she has been the Master of St Edmund's College,Cambridge:she is the fifteenth person to hold that post and the first woman. From May 2015 until 2018 she served as Her Majesty's Ambassador to Mongolia. After three degrees,she worked as a management consultant and then journalist. She had joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2006.
Jane Caroline Owen is a British diplomat. She is the current Governor of the Cayman Islands and the second woman to hold this position. She had previously served as the British ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein and the British ambassador to Norway.
Jane Marriott is a British diplomat. Marriott was the Director of the Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit. She is currently now appointed as British High commissioner to Pakistan in 2023.She was appointed the British High Commissioner to Kenya,and began her consular duties in the Summer of 2019.
Kate Foster is a British diplomat. In 2021 she became the United Kingdom's ambassador to Somalia. She is based at the British embassy in Mogadishu,but no consular services were offered there as of 2022.
As part of the British honours system,Special Honours are issued at the Monarch's pleasure at any given time. The Special Honours refer to the awards made within royal prerogative,operational honours,political honours and other honours awarded outside the New Years Honours and Birthday Honours.
