Press release: Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Afghanistan
Posted by mostafa on 31 December, 2015
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Mr Dominic Jermey CVO OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in succession to Ms Karen Pierce CMG, who will take up her appointment as Chief Operating Officer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Mr Jermey will take up his appointment during February 2016.
Curriculum Vitae
| Full name | Dominic James Robert Jermey CVO OBE |
| Married to | Clare Judith Jermey |
| Children | Two |
| 2015 – present | FCO, International Counter Extremism Co-ordinator |
| 2014 – 2015 | UK Trade & Investment, Chief Executive |
| 2010 – 2014 | Abu Dhabi, Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
| 2007 – 2010 | UKTI, Managing Director, Sectors Group |
| 2008 | UKTI Defence and Security Organisation, Head |
| 2005 | Thailand, Head, British Tsunami Team |
| 2004 – 2007 | Madrid, Deputy Head of Mission and Director, UKTI |
| 2003 | FCO, Head, Consular Crisis Group |
| 2001 – 2002 | Kabul, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim; FCO, Afghanistan Unit |
| 2000 | FCO, Head of Peacekeeping, United Nations Department |
| 1999 – 2000 | East Timor, British Representative to the UN Administration |
| 1995 – 1999 | Islamabad, Second Secretary (Political), then First Secretary (Afghanistan) |
| 1993 – 1994 | FCO, Developing Countries Desk Officer, European Union Department |
| 1993 | Joined FCO |
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