{"id":44150,"date":"2014-06-25T10:37:39","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T10:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=39ad5e760d2ceb02adc4c2fd6da97299"},"modified":"2014-06-25T10:37:39","modified_gmt":"2014-06-25T10:37:39","slug":"press-release-change-of-high-commissioner-to-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=44150","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Change of High Commissioner to Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Mrs Victoria Treadell CMG MVO has been appointed British High Commissioner to Malaysia in succession to Mr Simon Featherstone CMG. Mrs Treadell will take up her appointment during October 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs Treadell joined the FCO in 1979. She is currently British High Commissioner to New Zealand and has previously served in India, Pakistan and Malaysia. Her FCO career has further covered a wide range of other policy and service delivery roles including three years as UK Trade and Investment\u2019s Director for the North East of England. She was made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1989 and a Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 2010. In 2009 she won the Public Sector Award in the UK\u2019s prestigious Asian Women of Achievement Awards.<\/p>\n<p>On her appointment as British High Commissioner to Malaysia, Mrs Treadell has said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">I am delighted to be appointed as British High Commissioner to Malaysia. It will be a great privilege to work with Malaysia to strengthen our political and economic ties and to work together to achieve shared objectives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"curriculum-vitae\">Curriculum vitae<\/h3>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Personal details<\/th>\n<th>\u00a0<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Full name:<\/td>\n<td>Victoria Marguerite Treadell CMG MVO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Married to:<\/td>\n<td>Alan Treadell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>2010 \u2013 present<\/td>\n<td>Wellington, British High Commissioner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2006 \u2013 2010<\/td>\n<td>Mumbai, Deputy High Commissioner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2002 \u2013 2005<\/td>\n<td>UKTI, Director, North West of England<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1999 \u2013 2002<\/td>\n<td>BTI, Deputy Director, Corporate Resources Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1998 \u2013 1999<\/td>\n<td>FCO \/ DTI, Head of Professionalism in Trade Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1996 \u2013 1998<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Desk Officer, Latin America Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1993 \u2013 1996<\/td>\n<td>FCO \/ DTI, Deputy Head of Export Services Section<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1992 \u2013 1993<\/td>\n<td>FCO, British Council Quinquennial Review Team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1990 \u2013 1992<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Assistant Desk Officer, Resource Policy Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1989 \u2013 1990<\/td>\n<td>Kuala Lumpur, CHOGM and State Visits Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1986 \u2013 1989<\/td>\n<td>Kuala Lumpur, Assistant Management Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1985<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Desk Officer, Western Europe Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1983 \u2013 1985<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Diary Secretary, Permanent Under Secretary\u2019s Office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1981 \u2013 1983<\/td>\n<td>Islamabad, Visa Support Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1979 \u2013 1981<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Economic Relations Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/world\/malaysia\">UK and Malaysia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\">@foreignoffice<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\">facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/b\/105922144104190309938\/+foreignoffice\/posts\">Google+<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"contact\" id=\"contact_193\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@fco.gov.uk\">newsdesk@fco.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">News Desk <\/span><br \/>\n              020 7008 3100\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mrs Victoria Treadell CMG MVO has been appointed British High Commissioner to Malaysia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}