Deputy Head of Mission, Qatar

Duncan Hill OBE

Biography

Duncan Hill is the Deputy Head of Mission to Qatar.

Curriculum Vitae

October 2019- August 2023 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy Caracas
August 2016 鈥� September 2019 FCO, Deputy Head of Department for East-West Africa and lead for Africa Migration
November 2015 鈥� July 2016 FCO, Head of International Security Advisory Team, Sierra Leone
January 2015 鈥� November 2015 FCO, UK Policy Lead at National Ebola Response Centre, Sierra Leone
July 2012 鈥� November 2014 PA Consulting Group, Principal Management Consultant
April 2009 鈥� July 2012 UK Trade and Investment, Deputy Trade Commissioner, South Africa
2004 鈥� March 2009 UK Trade and Investment, Head of Trade & Investment at British Embassy Chile

Awards/medals

  • OBE for services to National Security - 2018

  • Ebola Response - 2015

  • Iraq Reconstruction - 2004

Deputy Head of Mission, Qatar

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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Previous roles in government

  • Deputy Head of Mission, Venezuela
    • 2020 to 2023
  • Deputy High Commissioner to Sierra Leone
    • 2015 to 2015