Mr. Robert Marin (Romania) President
Robert D. MARIN, Gen(r), is a leader with extensive experience in diplomacy, justice and home affairs and international cooperation. Currently Robert serves as Consul General of Romania in London, the largest consular mission of Romania abroad, serving a community of over 750,000 Romanian nationals across England and Wales. With a career spanning almost three decades, he has held key diplomatic and governmental positions, overseeing consular operations, crisis management, and international law enforcement collaboration. He led Romania’s Brexit Unit in London and pioneered unique partnerships with civil society and UK authorities to support vulnerable communities. His expertise in combating modern slavery and human trafficking has contributed to the development of integrated and innovative responses that fostered international cooperation on these critical issues.His dedication and leadership have been recognised with multiple awards, including the 2022 Consul of the Year and the 2022 Consul of the Year Award for Europe by UK Embassy Magazine. |
Mr Christopher Buckwell (Sao Tome and Principe) - Vice 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. Nakinda Daniel (Dominica) - Executive Secretary
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Mr Odysseas Odysseos (Cyprus) - Treasurer
Mr Odysseas Odysseos joined the Cyprus Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a Diplomat in 2010. Between 2015 and 2020 he has served in the Permanent Representation of Cyprus to the EU. Between 2020 and 2022 he has served as the Deputy Chief of State Protocol. Since August 2022 he has been serving as the Consul General of the Republic of Cyprus to the UK and as an executive Committee Member of the Consular Corps of London. He has been awarded with the Golden Cross of the Order of the Phoenix from the Hellenic Republic, the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland and Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great by the Holy See. |

Ms. Oula Khodr (Lebanon) - Member
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.
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. Iva Gudelj (Croatia) - Member

Ms. Vesna Vercon Ivic (Serbia) - Member

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 many 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 many 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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