Deputy Heads of Mission to Tripoli, Libya Kate English and Tom Matlock

Biography

Kate English and Tom Matlock share the job of Deputy Head of mission at the British Embassy in Tripoli. Prior to taking up the role in April 2021, they were joint Deputy Heads of Mission at the British Embassy in Tunis. Mission a Before coming to Tunis.

Kate worked as Private Secretary for an FCO Minister. Much of her career to date has been focused on the region, including as Head of the Foreign Office’s Egypt Team following the Arab Spring and as Second Secretary Political in the British Embassy in Khartoum. Kate has also been posted to Seoul as Head of Press and Public Affairs.

Tom was previously UK’s investment promotion agency in Seoul. In Sudan, he worked for the UK’s Department for International Development and for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). he UK’s Deputy Ambassador to Switzerland and worked for the Kate studied Geography at the University of Oxford and Tom studied Economics at the University of Bristol. Both speak French and have an MSc in Finance and Economics from SOAS, London. Kate and Tom are married with two children. In their spare time, they enjoy hiking, cycling and exploring the region.