Foreign and Commonwealth Office – 2019 Press Release on Change of British High Commissioner to Samoa

Below is a press release issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 05/11/2019.

Mr David Ward has been appointed High Commissioner to the Independent State of Samoa, as we open a new High Commission in Apia.

Mr David Ward has been appointed High Commissioner to the Independent State of Samoa, as we open a new High Commission in Apia. He will succeed the current, non-resident High Commissioner, Ms Laura Clarke, who will remain British High Commissioner to New Zealand and Governor of the Pitcairn Islands. Mr Ward will take up his appointment during December 2019.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Full name: David Ward

2016 to present Solomon Islands, British High Commissioner
2014 to 2016 Asmara, Her Majesty’s Ambassador
2013 to 2014 Lashkar Gah, Deputy Head of Mission, Provincial Reconstruction Team
2012 FCO, Silver level Manager, Olympic Coordination Centre
2011 to 2012 Tripoli, Deputy Head of Mission
2010 to 2011 FCO, Senior Strategy Adviser, Policy Unit
2006 to 2009 Beijing, Deputy Counsellor – Political
2002 to 2005 Kathmandu, Deputy Head of Mission
1998 to 2001 FCO, Head of Institutions Section, Common Foreign and Security Policy Department
1995 to 1998 Tokyo, Second Secretary – Political
1994 to 1995 Full-time Language Training (Japanese)
1992 to 1993 FCO, Assistant Desk Officer, EU External Department
1992 Joined FCO