Dar es Salaam — The
UK has appointed Mr David Concar a new envoy to
Tanzania succeeding Ms
Sarah Cooke whose four years tour of duty came to an end last month.
A press statement
released yesterday says Mr Concar, the director, protocol at the Foreign
and Commonwealth Office (FCO) will take up his appointment in August
this year.
The incoming High
Commissioner served in Mogadishu, Somalia between 2016 and 2019 as Her
Majesty's ambassador and worked as the FCO head of international
organisations department and commonwealth envoy between 2014 and 2016.
He also worked as the head of climate change and energy department at FCO between 2012 and 2014.
From 2006 to 2012,
he worked as the counsellor responsible for prosperity, climate change
and energy, science and innovation in Beijing, China.
The former editor
of the scientific magazine joined FCO in 2004 before being posted to
Beijing where he worked as the first secretary responsible for science
and innovation until 2006.
Ms Cooke, a degree
holder in economics and a master's degree in development studies served
has as British envoy to Tanzania since September 2016.
She joined the
Department for International Development (DFID) in 2005 and later served
as the country representative for Bangladesh.
Ms Cooke led the DFID's policy work on economic growth and investment, anti-corruption and aid effectiveness.
Previously, she
worked as the deputy head of the commission for Africa secretariat and
as deputy director in the Prime Minister's strategy unit in the Cabinet
Office.
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