New Administrator appointed
Report from Tristan Administrator Philip Kendall
On 1st July, the Governor wrote to the Chief Islander announcing the appointment of my successor, Mr Andrew Wells.
Andrew Wells Photo from Communications Team, British Embassy Athens
Andrew is a career diplomat with over 30 years of experience and a wide range of postings. These include Croatia, Jordan, Iraq, Finland, the Czech and Slovak Republics, with shorter spells on Floater Duties in Belize, Bermuda, Brunei, China, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia and temporary duty assignments at the UN in New York and in Poland, Afghanistan, Ireland, Russia and most recently, Greece.
Andrew is married with 3 grown up children and when not serving abroad lives in the New Forest. He will be unaccompanied during his posting to Tristan.
Congratulations to Andrew! I look forward to welcoming him to Tristan when he arrives on the SA Agulhas II in September. We will have a three-week handover together before Louise and I leave on the Agulhas in October.
Although Andrew's appointment has been announced, I will continue to work tirelessly as Administrator until my departure.
Andrew said, "I am delighted to have been appointed as the next Administrator to Tristan da Cunha and look forward to meeting and serving the islanders and community in September."
Andrew Wells - Curriculum Vitae
2020 - 2025 Deputy Head of Mission to the British Embassy Bratislava
2018 - 2019 Deputy Head of Strategic Communications, HMG Russia Unit, FCO, London
2013 - 2017 Head of Political & Press Section, British Embassy Helsinki
2010 - 2012 Iraq Group, FCO, London
2009 - 2010 Head of Political Section, British Embassy Baghdad
2007 - 2009 Counter Terrorism Policy Department, FCO, London
2002 - 2007 Deputy Head of Trade & Investment, British Embassy Prague
1998 - 2001 3rd Secretary Political, British Embassy Amman
1996 - 1997 Arabic language training, Cairo
1995 - 1996 United Nations Department, FCO, London
1992 - 1995 Vice Consul, British Embassy Zagreb
1990 - 1992 Floater duty in Tanzania, Zambia, China, Yemen, Belize and Brunei
1989 - 1990 Foreign Secretary's Private Office, FCO, London