Mr Ben Lyster-Binns has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica and Her Majesty’s Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua in succession to Mr Ross Denny who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Lyster-Binns will take up his appointment in October 2020.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Full name: Benjamin Edward Noel Lyster-Binns
Married to: Belinda Lyster-Binns
Children: Three
| 2016 to 2019 | FCO, Head of Joint FCO-DFID Somalia Unit |
| 2012 to 2016 | Montevideo, Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
| 2010 to 2012 | FCO, Deputy Head, International Organisations Department |
| 2009 to 2010 | FCO, Senior Policy Advisor, Security Policy Department |
| 2007 to 2009 | FCO, Senior Policy Advisor, Counter Terrorism Department |
| 2003 to 2007 | Lisbon, Deputy Head of Mission |
| 2000 to 2003 | FCO, Deputy European Correspondent, Head of General Affairs and External Relations Councils & G8 Team, Common Foreign and Security Policy Department |
| 1998 to 2000 | FCO, Desk Officer, Human Rights Policy Department, including a secondment to the non-governmental organisation Article 19 (1999) |
| 1994 to 1998 | Muscat, Information Officer |
| 1991 to 1994 | Lilongwe, Development Secretary |
| 1989 to 1991 | FCO, Desk Officer, Non-Proliferation Department |
| 1989 | Joined FCO |
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