Press release: Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Yemen
Posted by mostafa on 30 August, 2016
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Mr Simon Shercliff OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen in succession to Mr Edmund Fitton-Brown, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Shercliff will take up his appointment during January 2017.
Curriculum Vitae
| Full name | Simon Shercliff OBE |
| Married to | Emma Louise Shercliff |
| Children | Two |
| 2014 – present | Abuja, Deputy High Commissioner |
| 2012 – 2014 | FCO, Head, Counter Terrorism Department |
| 2011 – 2012 | FCO, Deputy Head, South Asia Department |
| 2008 – 2011 | Washington DC, First Secretary, Afghanistan/Pakistan |
| 2007 – 2008 | Kabul, Political Counsellor |
| 2006 – 2007 | Washington DC, First Secretary Strategic Threats |
| 2006 | FCO, Acting Press Secretary to the Foreign Secretary |
| 2005 – 2006 | FCO, Chief Press Officer |
| 2004 – 2005 | FCO, Head of Iran/Iraq Team, Press Office |
| 2003 – 2004 | Baghdad, Private Secretary to UK Special Representative for Iraq |
| 2003 | FCO, Head of Political Section, Iraq Policy Department |
| 2000 – 2003 | Tehran, Second Secretary Political |
| 1999 – 2000 | Language training (Farsi) |
| 1998 – 1999 | FCO, Assistant Desk Officer, Resource Planning Department |
| 1998 | Joined FCO |
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