Katherine Lucy Smith is a British diplomat who served as

British Ambassador to Greece The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Greece is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Greece, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Greece. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Hellenic Re ...

from January 2017 until July 2021. Smith joined the

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in 1987, serving in

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and then in London in the Central African Department. She then did a tour in Athens in 1991, and then in the Counter-Proliferation Department focusing on Chemical and Biological Weapons. Later she served at the UN in New York and on security postings in London before becoming Deputy Head of Mission at the

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from 2005 to 2007. She was appointed a Companion of the

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(CMG) in the New Year's Honours for 2008. On return from Tehran, Smith was seconded to Royal Dutch Shell where she served as international adviser from 2008 and then head of UK governmental relations from 2009 until 2012. She returned to the FCO as Director of the Americas. In 2017 she succeeded

John Kittmer John Kittmer (born 6 July 1967) is a British former diplomat. He was formerly the Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory jointly with the British Antarctic Territory. Education Kittmer was born in Sussex in 1967. From the years 197 ...

as Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic. In 2021 she was in turn succeeded in Greece by

Matthew Lodge Matthew Lodge (born 31 May 1995) is a rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Sydney Roosters in the NRL. He previously played for the Wests Tigers, Brisbane Broncos and New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League. Background ...

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