Kate Ewart-Biggs

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The Honourable Kate Ewart-Biggs OBE [1] (born November 1967) [2] is Deputy Chief Executive of the British Council.

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Personal life

Her father was Christopher Ewart-Biggs a British diplomat who was killed by the IRA in Dublin in 1976. Her mother was Jane Randall, who died in 1992, making Kate an orphan by the age of 25. She studied social anthropology at the University of Edinburgh. She appeared on Desert Island Discs on 17 July 2022. [3] She has a daughter.

Career with British Council

Kate joined the British Council after working help street children around the world in places such as Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia. She has been posted by the Council to Uganda, Tanzania, Central and Eastern Europe and in Egypt. She was Regional Head for the Middle East and North Africa. Before she was Deputy Chief Executive, she was Director Global Network and managed relationships with the British Government departments. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "OBE For services to UK cultural interests". London Gazette. 29 December 2012.
  2. ↑ FreeBMD Dec qtr 1967 vol 5D page 309 Lambeth & Companies House
  3. ↑ BBC Desert Island Discs 17 July 2022
  4. ↑ "British Council web-site" . Retrieved 22 July 2022.


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