Valerie Caton

Valerie Caton

Valerie Caton (born May 12 1952), is the current (2006 - ) British Ambassador to Finland. She succeeded Matthew Kirk, who resigned the posting. She is married to David Harrison, by whom she has two children, a son and a daughter. She began her career in 1982 as the UK Representation to the EU in Brussels: Second Secretary & later First Secretary (EC Affairs) at the British Embassy in Brussels; this lasted until 1984. From 1984 - 1986 she was the Desk Officer at the Southern Africa Department. After several years in Paris as First Secretary (Political), in 1993 she was named Deputy Head of Mission and Consul-General in Stockholm. This position lasted until 1996.

She returned to Paris from 1997 until 2001 as Financial and Economic Counsellor. In 2002 she becameHead of Environment Policy Department, and in 2006 she was named as Head of Climate Change and Energy Group.

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