Victoria Treadell
Victoria Treadell | |
|---|---|
| Governor of the Pitcairn Islands High Commissioner from the United Kingdom to New Zealand | |
| Assumed office 29 May 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Cherrett (Acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 (age 64–65) Ipoh, Malaya |
Victoria "Vicki" Marguerite Treadell, CMG, MVO (born 1960) is the current British High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa, and the current Governor of Pitcairn.[1]
She was born in Ipoh, Malaya (now Malaysia) and to a Cantonese mother and a father of French-Dutch ancestry. Before her posting to New Zealand, she had held postings in Pakistan, India and Malaysia.[2]
She is the first woman who served as British High Commissioner to New Zealand.[3]
She was awarded a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in 1989 and was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2010.
References
- ^ "Our High Commissioner". British High Commission, Wellington. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
- ^ Foreign Office Press Release 10 September 2009
- ^ "First Female British High Commissioner To NZ Named". guide2.co.nz (New Zealand Press Association). 11 September 2009. Retrieved 24 June 2010.