UK appoints new High Commissioner to Nigeria

Richard Hugh Montgomery has been appointed as the new British High Commissioner to Nigeria.

His appointment was announced in a UK government statement on Tuesday.

Montgomery is expected to assume his new role in April 2023.

Montgomery will succeed Catriona Laing who has been the UK representative in Nigeria since 2018.

According to the statement, Laing will be transferred to another diplomatic post.

The High Commissioner is the representative of the British government in a Commonwealth country.

They are responsible for the direction and work of the consulate, including political relations, trade and investment, press and cultural relations, and visa and consular services.

Montgomery was Counselor (Development) and Head of Office, Department of International Development, Abuja, from 2009 to 2013.

He holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge, as well as other research-related qualifications from GKW Consult Mannheim and the University of Manchester.

The diplomat was most recently the UK's Executive Director for the World Bank Group in Washington.

He has also held executive development positions in Zambia, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.

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