Catherine Nettleton
{{Short description|British diplomat}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Catherine Nettleton
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG|OBE}}
| image = Catherine Nettleton - 2020 (49396912223) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Nettleton in 2020
| office = Representative, British Office Taipei
| term_start = December 2016
| term_end = December 2020
| predecessor = Damion Potter
| successor = Andrew Pittam
| monarch = Elizabeth II
| primeminister = Theresa May
Boris Johnson
| office1 = British Ambassador to Venezuela
| term_start1 = August 2010
| term_end1 = 2014
| predecessor1 = Catherine Royle
| successor1 = John Saville
| monarch1 = Elizabeth II
| primeminister1 = David Cameron
| office2 = British Ambassador to Peru
| term_start2 = 2006
| term_end2 = 2010
| predecessor2 = Richard Ralph
| successor2 = James Dauris
| monarch2 = Elizabeth II
| primeminister2 = Tony Blair
Gordon Brown
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|3|13|df=y}}
| alma_mater = University of Exeter (BA)
University of Manchester (MA)
}}
Catherine Nettleton {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG|OBE}} (born 13 March 1960{{Cite book |title=Who's Who 2014 |date=2014 |publisher=A & C Black |isbn=9781408181195 |page=1683}}) is a British diplomat who has been ambassador to Peru, ambassador to Venezuela, and UK Representative in Taiwan.
Career
Catherine Elizabeth Nettleton gained a BA degree from Exeter University and an MA from Manchester University. She worked for the Inland Revenue for a year before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1983.
She learned Mandarin Chinese and served in British Embassy Beijing 1987–89 and also in 2000–03. She also served in British Embassy Mexico City and at the FCO. After six months at the Royal College of Defence Studies in 2004, she was Head of FCO Services (Presidencies) 2004–05 (at this time the UK held the presidencies of both the G8 and the EU). She was Ambassador to Peru 2006–10 and Ambassador to Venezuela 2010–14.[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U42931 NETTLETON, Catherine Elizabeth], Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013[https://web.archive.org/web/20110221235924/http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=PressR&id=22349130 Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Venezuela], Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 30 April 2010[http://www.gov.uk/government/people/catherine-nettleton Catherine Nettleton], gov.uk In 2015 she became Director of Protocol at the FCO and deputy Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.{{cite web |url=http://www.embassymagazine.com/corps/corps_news/emb56_corps4.html |title=New Director of Protocol takes office |publisher=Embassy Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005401/http://www.embassymagazine.com/corps/corps_news/emb56_corps4.html |archive-date=5 March 2016}} In 2016 she was appointed as the Representative at the British Office Taipei.{{Cite news|title=Former Taiwan Foreign Minister visits the UK |publisher=Taipei Representative Office in the U.K. |date=2016-11-02 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161106151006/http://www.roc-taiwan.org/uk_en/post/1661.html |archive-date=6 November 2016 |access-date=2016-11-06 |url=http://www.roc-taiwan.org/uk_en/post/1661.html |url-status=dead |df=dmy }} Nettleton stepped down from her post in Taipei in December 2020.{{cite news |title=Departing British envoy hopes for stronger U.K.-Taiwan collaboration |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202012090011 |access-date=12 February 2025 |agency=Central News Agency |date=9 December 2020}}
Honours
Nettleton was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours{{London Gazette |issue=55513 |page=24 |supp=y |date=12 June 1999}} and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2015 New Year Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=61092 |page=N4 |supp=y |date=31 December 2014}}
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{{s-ttl|title=British Ambassador to Peru |years=2006 – 2010}}
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{{s-ttl|title=British Ambassador to Venezuela|years=2010 – 2014}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Representative, British Office Taipei|years=2016 – 2020}}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Exeter
Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester
Category:British women ambassadors
Category:Members of HM Diplomatic Service
Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Peru
Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Venezuela
Category:Representatives of the United Kingdom to Taiwan
Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George