Foreign and Commonwealth Office
January 20
09:08
2016
Lisa Phillips has been appointed Governor of St Helena and non-resident Governor of Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha in succession to Mark Capes, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Lisa will take up her appointment in St Helena during April 2016.
Curriculum Vitae
| Full name | Lisa Phillips |
| Children | One son |
| 2013 present | DFID, Kenya, Head of Office |
| 2012 2013 | DFID, Head of Directors Cabinet, Policy Division |
| 2012 | DFID, Policy Division, Anti corruption lead |
| 2011 2012 | DFID, Head of Department, Governance & Fragile States Department |
| 2009 2011 | DFID, Head of Cabinet, Policy & Research Directorate |
| 2006 2009 | FCO, Returns & Reintegration Fund Manager, Migration Directorate |
| 2006 2008 | DFID, Migration Team Leader, Migration Team, Policy & Research Division |
| 2004 2006 | DFID, Deputy Team Leader (Followed by Team Leader -Fragile States, Policy Division, Fragile States Team |
| 2002 2004 | UNICEF & Commonwealth Programme Manager, UN & Commonwealth Department |
| 1999 2002 | DFID, EU & Regional Policy Manager, Eastern Europe & Central Asia Department |
| 1996 1999 | DFID (Department for International Development), Resources Manager, Aid Policy Department |
| 1993 1996 | ODA, South East Asia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia Programme Manager |
| 1990 1993 | ODA, Programme Manager, India Country Team |
| 1988 1990 | ODA, Barbados, Programme manager |
| Prior to 1984 | ODA, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Programme Manager, Personnel Section etc. |
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