Jill Gallard

Jill Gallard
CMG
Director, Human Resources, Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Assumed office
2014
Preceded by Menna Rawlings
British Ambassador to Portugal
In office
2011–2014
Preceded by Alexander Ellis
Succeeded by Kirsty Hayes
Personal details
Born Jill Parkinson
(1968-06-11) 11 June 1968[1]
Omagh
Spouse(s) Dominic Gallard
Children two sons

Jill Gallard CMG (born 11 June 1968[1]) is a British diplomat who was ambassador to Portugal, and is Director of Human Resources at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Career

Gallard gained a MA degree in French and Spanish from the University of Edinburgh, then joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1991. She has served at Madrid and Prague and in various posts at the FCO.[1] She was ambassador to the Portuguese Republic 2011–14.[2] She became Director of Human Resources at the FCO in 2014.[3]

Gallard was appointed CMG in the 2018 Birthday Honours.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gallard, Jill". Who's Who 2018. 1 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Our Ambassador". British Embassy Lisbon. 2011. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Jill Gallard". gov.uk.
  4. ↑ "No. 62310". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 2018. p. B4.
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