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Priya Guha

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Priya Guha
MBE
British Consul-General in San Francisco
In office
April 2011 – August 2016
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byJulian Evans
Succeeded byAndrew Whittaker
Personal details
OccupationBusinesswoman

Priya Guha MBE (born 1973)[1] is a British business executive who is general manager of Rocketspace in London.[2] Previously she was a diplomat who served as British Consul-General in San Francisco 2011–2016. She was the first woman to hold the post.[3][4][5]

Guha studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, and joined the Foreign Office in 1996. Prior to San Francisco, she spent four years at the British High Commission in India, where she was First Secretary for Political and Bilateral Affairs (2007–11), leading on Indian politics and the UK-India bilateral relationship.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Mackie, Colin (25 July 2016). "A Directory of British Diplomats" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Executive Team + Advisors". Rocketspace. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b British Embassy Washington (10 September 2011). "Our Consul-General Priya Guha". Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Priya Guha - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. British Consul General in San Francisco. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  5. ^ "About Us – Directors & Staff – Priya Guha". babcsf.org. Northern California British-American Business Council. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by British Consul-General in San Francisco
2011–2016
Succeeded by
Andrew Whittaker