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Stephen Lillie has been appointed as His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic, succeeding Matthew Lodge. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said Lodge will move on secondment to another Whitehall department.
Lillie will take up the appointment in September 2026. He previously served as Director for Defence and International Security at the FCDO between 2022 and 2025, and was British High Commissioner in Nicosia from 2018 to 2022.
His earlier diplomatic career included postings as ambassador in Manila, consul-general in Guangzhou and commercial and economic counsellor in New Delhi. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1988 and has also worked on Asia-Pacific, Far Eastern, China-Hong Kong, European Union and Middle East policy.