Priya Guha MBE | |
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| British Consul-General in San Francisco | |
| In office April 2011 –August 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Julian Evans |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Whittaker |
| Personal details | |
| Occupation | Businesswoman |
Priya Guha MBE (born 1973) [1] is a British business executive who is general manager of Rocketspace in London, [2] and a Venture Partner at Merian Venture Capital,a venture capital firm that funds female entrepreneurs in tech. [3] Previously she was a diplomat who served as British Consul-General in San Francisco 2011–2016. She was the first woman to hold the post. [4] [5] [6]
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Guha studied at Christ's College,Cambridge,and joined the Foreign Office in 1996. Prior to San Francisco,she spent four years at the British High Commission in India,where she was First Secretary for Political and Bilateral Affairs (2007–11),leading on Indian politics and the UK-India bilateral relationship. [4]
