Mr Colin Dick OBE has been appointed British Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at the British Embassy in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Mr Dick will take up his appointment during August 2023. He takes over from Ms Becks Buckingham OBE, who has been serving as Chargé d'Affaires ad interim since August 2021.
Colin is a member of HM Diplomatic Service. He has served at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in London, including as Private Secretary to an FCDO Minister and as Head of its EU Exit Strategy Department, and in the Cabinet Office. He has had previous postings to Singapore, Brazil and Barbados, where he was Deputy High Commissioner and, later, Chargé D'Affaires.
Curriculum vitae
Full name: Colin Dick OBE
| Dates | Role |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Deputy Director, Cabinet Secretariat, Cabinet Office |
| 2019 | Deputy Director, Department for Exiting the EU |
| 2017 | Head, EU Exit Strategy Department |
| 2013 | Deputy High Commissioner, later Chargé D'Affaires, to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean |
| 2010 | Deputy Head, Human Resources Directorate |
| 2004 | First Secretary, Head of Trade and Economics, Brazil |
| 2001 | Second Secretary, Economics and Inward Investment, Singapore |
| 1999 | Deputy Head of Trade Policy, EU Department |
| 1997 | Private Secretary, FCO Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State |
| 1990 | Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) |
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