United Kingdom’s new ambassador to Romania, Giles Portman, is set to officially become fully accredited after beginning his tenure in Bucharest in October 2023.
Appointed by Charles III as Romania’s ambassador, his senior roles in the His Majesty’s Diplomatic Service include Director for Europe, Director for EU Exit, and Deputy Head of Mission Turkey.
Giles Portman will present his letters of accreditation to Romania’s Presidential Administration on January 22, 2024.
He was preceded by Andrew Noble.
Throughout his career, Giles Portman has held various roles in British diplomacy and worked in numerous countries, including the United States, at the Permanent Representation of the United Kingdom to the United Nations in New York; Belgium, at the Permanent British Representation in Brussels; Czechia, at the British Embassy in Prague; and Turkey, as the Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Ankara.
The new ambassador holds vast expertise in European affairs gathered during various positions within the EU Department and later the Europe Department of the British Foreign Office. He has spent 8 years in Brussels as an expert within the European Commission.
Portman studied Classics at Oxford and is married with two children.
