Martyn Keith Roper (born 8 June 1965) is a British diplomat and civil servant who has been

Governor of the Cayman Islands The Governor of the Cayman Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the Cayman Islands. The Governor, a civil servant who has in modern times typically been a British subject normally resi ...

since 29 October 2018. Roper was the British Ambassador to Algeria from 2010 to 2014. He was appointed OBE in 2013 "for services to UK interests in Algeria, particularly the UK response to the

In Amenas hostage crisis The In Amenas hostage crisis began on 16 January 2013, when al-Qaeda-linked terrorists affiliated with a brigade led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar took expat hostages at the Tigantourine gas facility near In Amenas, Algeria. One of Belmokhtar's senior ...

". Before taking up his position as the Governor of the Cayman Islands, Roper served as the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Beijing, China.

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Cayman Islands Government Web Site
1965 births Alumni of the Open University Alumni of the University of Hull Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Algeria Governors of the Cayman Islands Living people People educated at Heath Grammar School {{UK-diplomat-stub