Mr Christopher Buckwell (Sao Tome and Principe) - President
Chris Buckwell has been the Honorary Consul for São Tomé & Príncipe since March 2018. He is the country's only accredited representative in the UK. Chris is a solicitor by profession and has sat as a Tribunal Judge, on a part-time basis, since 1999. Having served as a co-opted member of the Executive Committee previously, Chris was first elected as President in 2022 and was re-elected in 2023. Ms. Oula Khodr (Lebanon) - Vice President
Oula Khodr is the Consul at the Embassy of Lebanon to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in London since August 2019. She holds a Bachelor in Law from the Lebanese University (2015), and a Masters in Public International Law (2016).She joined the Lebanese Foreign Service as a career diplomat right after. Prior to her current posting in London, Oula worked in the Ministry in Beirut for three years in the International Affairs Department on the Lebanon-UK bilateral relations post-Brexit and the Lebanon-UK association agreement. In London, she dealt with repatriating thousands of Lebanese back to Lebanon during the COVID Lockdown, with limited travel options. Oula was deeply involved in the preparations leading up to the Lebanese parliamentary elections abroad in May 2022, and its execution, as she headed and managed a polling station with more than two thousand registered voters. Oula sits on the Executive Committee of the Consular Corps of London CCL (2019), and was awarded by Embassy Magazine the consul of the year 2022 for the Middle East award in recognition of outstanding consular service to citizens. |
Ms. Nakinda Daniel (Dominica) - Executive Secretary
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Ms. Iva Gudelj (Croatia) - Member
Mr. Robert Marin (Romania) Member
Mr Odysseas Odysseos (Cyprus) - Member
Mr. Bernard Silver (President Emeritus) - Co-Opted Member
Erstwhile Honorary Consul for the Republic of Seychelles, Chairman of a Public Company in international marketing and foreign languages (film subtitling and dubbing) with a parallel career as a Parliamentary Candidate in the UK who has hung up his rosette to make the switch from politics to diplomacy, whilst learning to be polite in the process. He first attended the Consular Corps as a guest speaker
Erstwhile Honorary Consul for the Republic of Seychelles, Chairman of a Public Company in international marketing and foreign languages (film subtitling and dubbing) with a parallel career as a Parliamentary Candidate in the UK who has hung up his rosette to make the switch from politics to diplomacy, whilst learning to be polite in the process. He first attended the Consular Corps as a guest speaker
Ms. Elizabeth Stewart (Embassy Magazine) - Co-Opted Member
Elizabeth has over a decade's experience in diplomatic reporting, having worked at Diplomat magazine since 1998. She was editor of the magazine for six years and was responsible for its successful relaunch in 2001. Elizabeth is a member of the Women in Diplomatic Service, the consular Corps of London and publishes Password, a magazine for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Association.
Elizabeth has over a decade's experience in diplomatic reporting, having worked at Diplomat magazine since 1998. She was editor of the magazine for six years and was responsible for its successful relaunch in 2001. Elizabeth is a member of the Women in Diplomatic Service, the consular Corps of London and publishes Password, a magazine for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Association.
Mr. Minos Papanikolaou - Permanent Secretary
Minos Papanikolaou studied Politics and International Relations for his undergraduate degree at the University of Greenwich and he is holding a Masters Degree in Diplomatic Studies from the Diplomatic Academy of London - University of Westminster. He joined the Consular Corps of London as their Permanent Secretary in March 2013.
Minos Papanikolaou studied Politics and International Relations for his undergraduate degree at the University of Greenwich and he is holding a Masters Degree in Diplomatic Studies from the Diplomatic Academy of London - University of Westminster. He joined the Consular Corps of London as their Permanent Secretary in March 2013.
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