HE Ms Catherine ColonnaFrench Ambassador to the UK

Career

Attended the Ecole nationale d’administration, 1981-1983
Second Secretary in Washington, 1983-1986
Legal Affairs Directorate, French Foreign Ministry, 1986-1988
Adviser to the office of the Ministre d’Etat, Minister of Public Works and Housing, 1988-1989
Analysis and Forecasting Centre, French Foreign Ministry, 1989-1990 (Press, information, communication), acting head of news, 1990-1993
Deputy Director, Deputy Spokesperson, 1993-1995
Spokesperson, Presidency of the Republic, 1995-2004
Director General of the French National Centre for Cinematography, 2004-2005
Minister Delegate for European Affairs, 2005-2007
Member of the Foreign Affairs White Paper Committee, 2007
Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of France to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2008-2010
On leave on personal grounds (Managing Partner, Brunswick Group Inc.), 2010-2014
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Rome, 2014-2017,
Permanent Representative of France to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, since October 2017.

Honours

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