Lindy Cameron, CB OBE, has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of India to succeed Mr Alex Ellis CMG, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said in a release Thursday.
Born in Belfast, Cameron was earlier the Chief Executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, where she was the second person to head the UK’s intelligence, security and cyber agency following its establishment in 2016, and the first woman to do so.
Immensely proud to be appointed the next British High Commisssioner to India. Huge thanks to @AlexWEllis for leaving such a great legacy. So looking forward to working with the amazing @UKinIndia team. I can’t wait to get started! https://t.co/JSo07xXwxI
— Lindy Cameron (@Lindy_Cameron) April 11, 2024
During her tenure at Nova South — the agency’s high-rise headquarters in London — Cameron steered the NCSC through providing defensive cyber support to Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, tackling the rising volumes of ransomware attacks impacting Britain, and addressing the threat posed by state-aligned groups.
In her inaugural address as CEO of the NCSC in March 2021, Cameron cited China’s “hostile activity in cyberspace” to warn of the UK’s need to “be clear-eyed about Chinese ambition in technological advancement.”
Her earlier positions include:
• Director General of the Northern Ireland Office,
• Director-General, Country Programmes, Department for International Development (DFID),
• Director, Middle East, Humanitarian, Conflict & Security, DFID,
• Director, Joint MoD-FCO-DFID Stabilisation Unit, Director
• Deputy Director Middle East and North Africa, DFID,
• MoD, Royal College of Defence Studies
• Head of Provincial Reconstruction Team and FCO Senior Representative in Southern Afghanistan
• Deputy Director, Cabinet Office,
• Various other leadership roles in DFID including postings to Kabul and Baghdad. Governance adviser roles including postings to Hanoi and Lagos, and regional work in the Balkans.
She will take up her appointment as High Commissioner to India in April 2024.
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