Michael Thatham CMG assumed the role of British High Commissioner to the Republic of Cyprus in November 2024. Previously Mr Tatham was the Delivery Director for the European Political Community Summit hosted by the UK in July 2024. He was the UK’s Deputy Head of Mission in Washington DC from 2018 to 2022. He has completed a number of diplomatic postings and has specialised in supporting post-communist transition processes and conflict resolution in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans. Mr Tatham has also served as Director Eastern Europe and Central Asia; Political Counsellor at the UK Mission to the United Nations; British Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina; Head of Western Balkans Group in the then FCO; Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Prague; and Private Secretary (Foreign Affairs) to the Prime Minister.
