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PRESS RELEASE : Change of British High Commissioner to India: Lindy Cameron [April 2024]

The press release issued by the Foreign Office on 11 April 2024.

Ms Lindy Cameron CB OBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of India in succession to Mr Alex Ellis CMG who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment.  Ms Cameron will take up her appointment during April 2024.

Curriculum vitae

Name: Lindy Cameron

Date Role
2020 to 2024 Chief Executive, National Cyber Security Centre
2019 to 2020 Northern Ireland Office, Director-General
2016 to 2019 DFID, Director-General Country Programmes
2014 to 2015 DFID, Director Middle East, Humanitarian, Conflict & Security
2012 to 2014 Joint MoD-FCO-DFID Stabilisation Unit, Director
2011 to 2012 DFID, Deputy Director Middle East and North Africa
2011 MoD, Royal College of Defence Studies
2009 to 2010 Helmand, Head of Provincial Reconstruction Team and FCO Senior Representative in Southern Afghanistan
2008 to 2009 Cabinet Office, Deputy Director
1998 to 2007 DFID – various leadership roles including postings to Kabul and Baghdad.  Governance adviser roles including postings to Hanoi and Lagos, and regional work in the Balkans