NEW BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO CYPRUS WEF SPRING 2018

It has been announced that Stephen Lillie CMG has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of Cyprus in succession to Matthew Kidd CMG. Mr Lillie will take up his appointment in Spring 2018. Mr Lillie, who was born in Yorkshire in 1966 but brought up in Nottingham, is married to Denise Chit Lo Lillie and they have two sons. He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 2017 Birthday Honours list.   Mr Lillie is a Chinese speaker, having studied the language in Hong Kong and London. He has a degree in Modern Languages from Oxford University. Mr Lillie has worked in the Middle East, China, India, Far East and his last role was as Director of Asia Pacific at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Mr Lillie is currently undertaking full time language training.