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PRESS RELEASE : Change of British High Commissioner to Maldives – Nick Low [August 2024]

The press release issued by the Foreign Office on 14 August 2024.

Mr Nick Low has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Maldives in succession to Ms Caron Röhsler. Mr Low will take up his appointment during January 2025.

Curriculum Vitae

Full name: Nicholas David Low

Year Role
2023 to present FCDO, Counsellor, India & Indian Ocean Directorate
2020 to present Visiting Fellow at China & Emerging Economies Centre, University of Northampton
2019 to 2023 Kolkata, Deputy High Commissioner
2015 to 2019 Beijing, Head of China Regional Network & Sustainable Urbanisation
2014 to 2015 FCO, Acting Head of Crisis Management Department
2010 to 2014 Dhaka, Deputy High Commissioner
2007 to 2010 FCO, Head of Nuclear Issues, Counter Proliferation Department
2004 to 2006 Algiers, Deputy Head of Mission
2004 French language training
1999 to 2003 Brasilia, Head of Trade, Investment, Trade Policy & Economics
1999 Portuguese language training
1995 to 1999 Santiago, Second Secretary (Politics & Development)
1994 to 1995 Spanish language training
1994 Rabat, Secondment to Court of HRH Crown Prince Sidi Mohammed
1993 to 1994 FCO, Security Policy Department
1993 Joined FCO
1982 to 1993 Metropolitan Police Service, serving in London Boroughs of Greenwich, Camden, Brent and Tower Hamlets (Uniform and CID)
1980 to 1981 National Health Service, Guy’s Hospital London