David Ward (diplomat)

David Ward is a British diplomat who works for the United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He has served as the British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands and non-resident British High Commissioner to the Republic of Vanuatu and the Republic of Nauru since August 2016.[1]


David Ward
British High Commissioner[1]
Assumed office
10 August 2016
IncumbentDavid Ward[2]
Preceded byDominic Meiklejohn[3]

Posts held

Source:[1]

  • 1992: Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • 1992–1993: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Assistant Desk Officer, EU Department (External)
  • 1994–1995: Full-time language training (Japanese)
  • 1995–1998: Tokyo, Second Secretary (Political)
  • 1998–2001: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Head of Institutions Section, Common Foreign and Security Policy Department
  • 2002–2005: Kathmandu, Deputy Head of Mission
  • 2006–2009: Beijing, Deputy Counsellor (Political)
  • 2010–2010: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Head of Finance Briefing Unit
  • 2010–2011: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Senior Strategy Adviser, Policy Unit
  • 2011–2012: Tripoli, Deputy Head of Mission
  • 2012–2012: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Silver Manager, Olympic Coordination Centre
  • 2012–2012: Athens, Counsellor (Political)
  • 2013–2014: Lashkar Gah, Deputy Head of Mission, Provincial Reconstruction Team
  • 2014–2016: Eritrea, Her Majesty's Ambassador
  • 2016–2019: Solomon Islands, High Commissioner
  • 2016–2019: Vanuatu, High Commissioner (non-resident)
  • 2016–2019: Nauru, High Commissioner (non-resident)
  • 2019–present: Samoa, High Commissioner

See also

References

  1. "Change of British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands". UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2019. This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.
  2. "David Ward - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk.
  3. "Dominic Meiklejohn - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk.
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