Priya Guha Explained

Priya Guha MBE
Office:	British Consul-General in San Francisco
Preceded:	Julian Evans
Primeminister:	David Cameron
Succeeded:	Andrew Whittaker
Occupation:	Businesswoman
Term Start:	April 2011
Term End:	August 2016

Priya Guha MBE (born 1973)^[1] is a British business executive who is general manager of Rocketspace in London.^[2] Previously she was a diplomat who served as British Consul-General in San Francisco 2011–2016. She was the first woman to hold the post.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Guha studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, and joined the Foreign Office in 1996. Prior to San Francisco, she spent four years at the British High Commission in India, where she was First Secretary for Political and Bilateral Affairs (2007–11), leading on Indian politics and the UK-India bilateral relationship.^[3]

References

1. Web site: Mackie . Colin . A Directory of British Diplomats . 25 July 2016 . 6 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104239/http://www.gulabin.com/britishdiplomatsdirectory/pdf/britishdiplomatsdirectory.pdf . 4 March 2016 . dead .
2. Web site: Executive Team + Advisors . Rocketspace . 27 October 2017.
3. Web site: Our Consul-General Priya Guha. 10 September 2011. British Embassy Washington. https://web.archive.org/web/20120701084917/http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/other-locations/sf/our-consul-general/priya-guha-bio. 1 July 2012. 6 August 2016.
4. Web site: Priya Guha - GOV.UK. www.gov.uk. British Consul General in San Francisco. 29 January 2016.
5. Web site: About Us – Directors & Staff – Priya Guha. babcsf.org. Northern California British-American Business Council. 29 January 2016.

External links

• • https://twitter.com/UKPriyaGuha