The government of the United Kingdom (UK) has Dr Richard Montgomery CMG has been appointed British High Commissioner to Nigeria.
Montgomery takes over from Ms Catriona Laing CB who recently concluded four years as High Commissioner in Abuja.
Senior Communications & Public Diplomacy Officer, British High Commission, Atinuke Akande-Alegbe, who made this known in a statement, said the new British High Commissioner presented his credentials to President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja on Thursday.
Richard is an experienced diplomat who has worked in different parts of the world including previously in Nigeria.
Prior to becoming the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard was the UK Executive Director at the World Bank Group Board from 2018 to 2022 in Washington DC, USA.
