Ginny Ferson (born 1963) is a British diplomat, who, since December 2013, has served as Deputy Governor of Bermuda. For several months during 2016 she served as Acting Governor of Bermuda. Ferson served as Deputy

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from 2007 until 2012.

Career

Ferson joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1987 having previously worked for

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. She has worked in

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and

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. In 2016 she was appointed to a role in St Helena overseeing the implementation of the recommendations of a review into child protection on the island. She was appointed as an Officer of the

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in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in June 2017 in recognition of her work in "child safeguarding in the British Overseas Territories."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ferson, Ginny 1963 births Living people British diplomats Deputy Governors of Bermuda Governors of Bermuda Officers of the Order of the British Empire People from Ashby-de-la-Zouch