Chatterton Dickson new British High Commissioner to Bangladesh

Robert Chatterton Dickson has been appointed as new British High Commissioner to Bangladesh in succession to Alison Blake.

Chatterton Dickson, who arrived in Dhaka on Sunday, will present his credentials to President Abdul Hamid on Tuesday, said an official.

He has been Acting Ambassador in the British Embassy, Kabul, since February 2015 and before that he was Deputy Ambassador from July 2013.

Dickson served as additional director, Western Balkans Programme at Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).

Alison Blake was appointed as British High Commissioner to Bangladesh in January 2016 and left Dhaka a few days back completing her tenure in Bangladesh.

Source: unb