LONDON, June 15 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news:

Mr Peter Vowles has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in succession to Dr Richard Montgomery CMG.

Mr Vowles will take up his appointment during September 2026.

Curriculum vitae

Full name: Peter Vowles

2023 topresent Harare, HM Ambassador

2022 to 2023 FCDO, Transformation Director

2021 to 2022 Yangon, HM Ambassador

2018 to 2021 DFID, Director, Asia, Caribbean and Overseas Territories

2016 to 2018 Kenya, DFID Country Director

2013 to 2016 DFID, Head of Programme Delivery

2010 to 2013 Democratic Republic of Congo, Deputy DFID Country Director

2007 to 2010 India, Head of Global Partnerships

2006 to 2007 Afghanistan, Governance and Security Team Leader

2006 Joined DFID

2005 to 2006 Mott MacDonald,Healthand Development Consultant

2003 to 2005 Bangladesh, Population and Health Programme Director

2002 to 2003 Bangladesh, World Bank Health Adviser

2000 to 2002 National Health Service, Management Training Scheme

1999 to 2000 Raleigh International, Head of Projects

1996 to 1999 Zimbabwe, Policy and Programme Manager, Students Partnership Worldwide

1992 to 1993 Zimbabwe, Teacher, Ministry of EducationSportsand Culture

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