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PRESS RELEASE : Change of British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone – Josephine Gauld [July 2024]

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

Ms Josephine Gauld LVO has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Sierra Leone.

Ms Josephine Gauld LVO has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Sierra Leone in succession to Ms Lisa Chesney MBE, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Ms Gauld will take up her appointment during September 2024.

Curriculum vitae

Full name: Josephine Lucy Louisa Gauld

Year Role
2021 to present Nairobi, Deputy High Commissioner and Permanent Representative to UNEP and UN Habitat
2016 to 2020 Abidjan, Her Majesty’s Ambassador
2014 to 2016 Strasbourg, Ecole Nationale d’Administration
2012 to 2014 Abuja, Deputy Head of Chancery
2009 to 2012 FCO, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Directorate
2007 to 2009 Abidjan, First Secretary
2004 to 2007  Kinshasa, Second Secretary Political and Economic
2002 to 2003 FCO, EU External Department
2002 Joined FCO
1997 to 2002 British Council