Catherine Nettleton

Catherine Nettleton CMG OBE (born 13 March 1960^[1]) is a British diplomat who has been ambassador to Peru, ambassador to Venezuela, and UK Representative in Taiwan.

Catherine Nettleton CMG OBE
Nettleton in 2020
Representative, British Office Taipei
In office December 2016 – December 2020
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Damion Potter
Succeeded by	Andrew Pittam
British Ambassador to Venezuela
In office August 2010 – 2014
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Catherine Royle
Succeeded by	John Saville
British Ambassador to Peru
In office 2006–2010
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Tony Blair Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Richard Ralph
Succeeded by	James Dauris
Personal details
Born	(1960-03-13) 13 March 1960 (age 65)[1]
Alma mater	University of Exeter (BA) University of Manchester (MA)

Career

Catherine Elizabeth Nettleton gained a BA degree from Exeter University and an MA from Manchester University. She worked for the Inland Revenue for a year before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1983. She learned Mandarin Chinese and served in British Embassy Beijing 1987–89 and also in 2000–03. She also served in British Embassy Mexico City and at the FCO. After six months at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 2004, she was Head of FCO Services (Presidencies) 2004–05 (at this time the UK held the presidencies of both the G8 and the EU). She was Ambassador to Peru 2006–10 and Ambassador to Venezuela 2010–14.^[2][3][4] In 2015 she became Director of Protocol at the FCO and deputy Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.^[5] In 2016 she was appointed as the Representative at the British Office Taipei.^[6] Nettleton stepped down from her post in Taipei in December 2020.^[7]

Honours

Nettleton was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours^[8] and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2015 New Year Honours.^[9]