Terry to replace Hay as British High Commissioner

PETALING JAYA: The United Kingdom has named Ailsa Terry (pic) to take over as its High Commissioner to Malaysia effective next July.

According to a statement by the British High Commission, Terry is currently the director of Sanctions at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).

Prior to that, she was the FCDO director of the G7 Presidency, and deputy director of the National Security Secretariat in the Cabinet office.

Her overseas postings included being in Brussels and Islamabad.

Terry will replace High Commissioner Charles Hay who ends his term in mid-2023.

He was posted here in April 2019.