Change of British High Commissioner to Ghana: Harriet Thompson

Press release

Ms Harriet Thompson has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Ghana and Non-resident British High Commissioner to the Republic of Benin.

Ms Harriet Thompson has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Ghana and Non-resident British High Commissioner to the Republic of Benin in succession to Mr Iain Walker who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Ms Thompson will take up her appointment during Summer 2021.

Curriculum vitae

Full name: Harriet Clare Thompson

Married to: Nicholas Paul Thompson

Children: Three

Year Role
2019 to 2020 Lagos, Head of Mission and Deputy to the British High Commissioner in Nigeria
2016 to 2019 Abuja, Deputy Head of Mission and Deputy to the British High Commissioner in Nigeria
2015 to 2016 HM Revenue and Customs, Head, Fraud Investigation Service Transformation
2015 Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), Team Leader, Strategic Review of Business Energy Efficiency Policy
2011 to 2013 DECC, Head, Institutional Arrangements, Electricity Market Reform
2010 to 2011 DECC, Head, International Climate Change Negotiations
2009 to 2010 Home Office, Head, Strategic Centre for Organised Crime, Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit Review
2008 to 2009 Freetown, Governance Advisor, Tony Blair Africa Governance Initiative, Sierra Leone Ministry of Agriculture
2006 to 2008 Home Office, Deputy Head, Delivery Unit and Project Manager, Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit
2003 to 2006 Brussels, Second Secretary (Trade), UK Permanent Representation to the EU
2001 to 2003 Department of Trade and Industry, EU Policy Advisor, Energy, Digital Communications

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Published 3 March 2021