I had the privilege of being posted to the British Consulate-General in New York from 2006 to 2010. My role was Her Majesty’s Consul and Regional Manager for the UK Border Agency. It was a fantastic posting, and this past November, I was absolutely delighted to receive an MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order […]
Sheila O’Connor joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1982. O’Connor has enjoyed a wide variety of postings and jobs overseas: in addition to a posting in New York, her career…
Sheila O’Connor joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1982. O’Connor has enjoyed a wide variety of postings and jobs overseas: in addition to a posting in New York, her career highlights include a posting to Rangoon, Burma at the time of the National League for Democracy election victory in 1990 and secondment to the Department for International Development at the British Embassy in Kathmandu Nepal in the late 1990s. During a posting in London, she served as Desk Officer for East Timor and formed part of the official UK delegation attending the East Timor independence ceremony in May 2002. O’Connor now serves as the Business Change Manager for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Overseas Passport Project.
