{"id":79755,"date":"2017-03-15T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=c5a0c4a54b3bb28dc593ddeb8572df4e"},"modified":"2017-03-15T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T14:55:00","slug":"press-release-change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-the-gambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=79755","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Change of Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to The Gambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Ms Sharon Wardle has been appointed Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia in succession to Mr Colin Crorkin MBE, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment.  Ms Wardle will take up her appointment during summer 2017.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"curriculum-vitae\">Curriculum Vitae<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Full name: Sharon Wardle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Married to: Peter Millman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>2016 \u2013 Present<\/td>\n<td>Tunis, Head North Africa Counter Terrorism &amp; Extremism Network<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2016<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Policy Adviser, International Counter Extremism Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2014 \u2013 2015<\/td>\n<td>Beirut, Head of Syria Office<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012 \u2013 2013<\/td>\n<td>Sana\u2019a, Deputy Head of Mission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2011 \u2013 2012<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Head of Strategy &amp; Communications Department, Consular Directorate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2010 \u2013 2011<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Programme Director, Consular Strategy<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2008 \u2013 2010<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Project Director, Global Out of Hours Project,    Consular Directorate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2005 \u2013 2008<\/td>\n<td>Riyadh, Director UK Trade &amp; Investment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2002 \u2013 2004<\/td>\n<td>UKTI, Deputy Director, International Group &amp; Head of Near East &amp; North Africa Unit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2000 \u2013 2002<\/td>\n<td>British Consultants &amp; Construction Bureau, Director Africa \/Middle East \/Asia Pacific<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1996 \u2013 1999<\/td>\n<td>UKTI, UAE Desk Officer, followed by Deputy Head of Development Business Team<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1991 \u2013 1996<\/td>\n<td>Beirut, Vice Consul<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1990 \u2013 1991<\/td>\n<td>World wide temporary cover duties<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1987 \u2013 1989<\/td>\n<td>Moscow, Visa Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1985 \u2013 1986<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Desk Officer, Migration &amp; Visa Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1985<\/td>\n<td>Joined FCO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\">@foreignoffice<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ukforeignoffice\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ukforeignoffice\">YouTube<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/foreign-and-commonwealth-office?trk=biz-companies-cym\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>Ms Sharon Wardle has been appointed Her Majesty&#8217;s Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia.<\/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\/79755"}],"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=79755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79755\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}