Hamish Cowell appointed as new British ambassador to Lebanon

Hamish Cowell has been appointed as the new British ambassador to Lebanon, the British embassy said.

Cowell replaces ambassador Ian Collard, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment, the embassy added.

Cowell will take up his appointment during July 2022.

Below are the posts that the new ambassador has occupied throughout his career:

2017 – 2021 Muscat, British Ambassador

2013 – 2017 Tunis, British Ambassador

2012 – 2013 FCO, Head, North Africa Department

2011 – 2012 FCO, Head, Libya Crisis Unit

2010 – 2011 FCO, Private Secretary, Minister of State

2005 – 2009 Paris, First Secretary, later Head, International Policy Team

2004 – 2005 Secondment to Quai d’Orsay

2001 – 2004 UKRep Brussels, First Secretary, Middle East Issues

2000 – 2001 Middle East Research Associate, International Institute for Strategic Studies

2000 10, Downing Street Press Office

1999 – 2000 Foreign Secretary’s Speechwriter

1996 – 1999 Cairo, Head, Political, Economic & Development Sections

1994 – 1996 FCO, Desk Officer, Common Foreign & Security Policy Unit

1992 – 1994 Tehran, Deputy Head of Mission & First Secretary Political

1989 – 1992 Colombo, Second Secretary, Political and Press

1987 – 1988 FCO, Assistant Desk Officer, Iran/Iraq, Middle East Department