Catherine Nettleton
CMG OBE
Nettleton in 2020
Representative, British Office Taipei
In office
December 2016 – December 2020
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded byDamion Potter
Succeeded byAndrew Pittam
British Ambassador to Venezuela
In office
August 2010 – 2014
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byCatherine Royle
Succeeded byJohn Saville
British Ambassador to Peru
In office
2006–2010
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Gordon Brown
Preceded byRichard Ralph
Succeeded byJames Dauris
Personal details
Born (1960-03-13) 13 March 1960[1]
Alma materUniversity of Exeter (BA)
University of Manchester (MA)

Catherine Nettleton CMG OBE (born 13 March 1960[1]) is a British diplomat who has been ambassador to Peru, ambassador to Venezuela, and UK Representative in Taiwan.

Career

Catherine Elizabeth Nettleton gained a BA degree from Exeter University and an MA from Manchester University. She worked for the Inland Revenue for a year before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1983. She learned Mandarin Chinese and served in British Embassy Beijing 1987–89 and also in 2000–03. She also served in British Embassy Mexico City and at the FCO. After six months at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 2004, she was Head of FCO Services (Presidencies) 2004–05 (at this time the UK held the presidencies of both the G8 and the EU). She was Ambassador to Peru 2006–10 and Ambassador to Venezuela 2010–14.[2][3][4] In 2015 she became Director of Protocol at the FCO and deputy Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.[5] In 2016 she was appointed as the Representative at the British Office Taipei.[6]

Honours

Nettleton was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours[7] and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2015 New Year Honours.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 Who's Who 2014. A & C Black. 2014. p. 1683. ISBN 9781408181195.
  2. ↑ NETTLETON, Catherine Elizabeth, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013
  3. ↑ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Venezuela, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 30 April 2010
  4. ↑ Catherine Nettleton, gov.uk
  5. ↑ "New Director of Protocol takes office". Embassy Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Former Taiwan Foreign Minister visits the UK". Taipei Representative Office in the U.K. 2 November 2016. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-06.
  7. ↑ "No. 55513". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1999. p. 24.
  8. ↑ "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N4.
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