Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to El Salvador

4 Jul 2014 04:39 PM

Mr Bernhard Garside has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador.

Mr Bernhard Garside has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador in succession to Mrs Linda Cross MBE, who has retired from the Diplomatic Service. Mr Garside is expected to take up his appointment during January 2015.

Mr Garside joined the FCO in 1983 and was most recently Deputy Ambassador to Algeria. He has previously served in Latin America with a posting to Cuba.

On his appointment as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, Mr Garside has said:

I am delighted to have been appointed as British Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador.

El Salvador is a key player on a variety of regional and Central American issues. I look forward to taking our relations to a new level across the range of mutual interests and getting to know this beautiful and diverse country.

Curriculum vitae

Personal details
Full name:	Bernhard Herbert Garside
Married to:	Jennifer Susan Garside
Children:	2 daughters, 1 son

2011 – present	Algiers, Deputy Head of Mission
2008 – 2010	FCO, Business Change Manager, Finance Directorate
2007 – 2008	Khartoum, Migration Delivery Officer to Sudan
2007	FCO, Head of Illegal Immigration and Asylum Team, Migration Directorate
2003 – 2007	Amsterdam, Consul General
1999 – 2002	Havana, Her Majesty’s Consul
1997 – 1999	FCO, Head of The Queen’s Messengers
1995 – 1997	FCO, Head of Diplomatic Bag Services
1994 – 1995	FCO, Desk Officer, Non Proliferation Department
1990 – 1994	Lagos, Entry Clearance Officer
1987 – 1990	Dubai, Assistant Administration Officer
1986 – 1987	Masirah, Assistant Administration Officer
1985 – 1986	Clerk, West Indian & Atlantic Department
1983 – 1985	Clerk, Trade Relations & Exports Department
1983	Joined FCO