Catherine Nettleton


Catherine Nettleton is a British diplomat who has been ambassador to Peru, ambassador to Venezuela, and de facto ambassador to Taiwan.

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 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 2004–05. She was the first British female Ambassador to Peru 2006–10 and was Ambassador to Venezuela 2010–14. In 2015 she became Director of Protocol at the FCO and deputy Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps. In 2016 she was appointed as the Representative at the British Office Taipei.

Honours

Nettleton was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1999 Birthday Honours and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 2015 New Year Honours.