Press release: Change of British High Commissioner to Cyprus
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Mr Matthew Kidd has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Cyprus in succession to Mr Roderic Todd. Mr Kidd took up his appointment in June 2016.
Curriculum Vitae
| Full name | John Christopher William Kidd (known as Matthew Kidd) |
| 2015 – present | FCO, Senior Adviser on Cyprus |
| 2015 | FCO, Director, Mediterranean Migration Unit |
| 2010 – 2014 | Nicosia, High Commissioner |
| 2008 – 2009 | NATO, Secretary General’s Special Representative on Reform |
| 2004 – 2008 | UKDEL NATO, Deputy Permanent Representative |
| 2001 – 2004 | FCO, Head, Whitehall Liaison Department |
| 1998 – 2001 | Bonn later Berlin, Head, Political and Public Affairs Section |
| 1996 – 1998 | European Commission, Foreign Policy Adviser |
| 1994 – 1996 | FCO, Deputy Head, later Acting Head, Policy Planning Staff |
| 1993 – 1994 | FCO, Deputy Head, Far Eastern and Pacific Department |
| 1990 – 1993 | Addis Ababa, Deputy Head of Mission |
| 1987 – 1990 | FCO, Head of Section, Security Policy Department |
| 1986 – 1987 | FCO, Head of Section, Western European Department |
| 1984 – 1986 | Paris, Private Secretary to Ambassador |
| 1983 | UKMIS NEW YORK, UNGA Support Officer |
| 1980 – 1983 | Nicosia, Third, later Second, Secretary |
| 1978 – 1979 | FCO, South Asian Department, Assistant Desk Officer |
| 1978 | Joined FCO |
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