Kate Harrisson

{{Short description|British diplomat}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox ambassador | name = Kate Harrisson | image = S465 Ambassador Kate Harrisson -Govuk.png | caption = | ambassador_from = United Kingdom | country = Peru | monarch = Elizabeth II | prime_minister = {{ubl|Theresa May|Boris Johnson|}} | term_start = 2018 | term_end = 2022 | predecessor = Anwar Choudhury | successor = Gavin Cook | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = | education = | employer = | occupation = Diplomat | party = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Kate Harrisson''' is a British diplomat. She was the British Ambassador to Peru from 2018 to 2022, when she was replaced by diplomat Gavin Cook.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Peru: Gavin Cook OBE |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-peru-gavin-cook-obe |date=2021-12-07 |work=Gov.uk}}</ref>

== Career == She graduated from Open University, and SOAS University of London.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-04-28|title=New British ambassador begins tenure in Peru|url=https://perureports.com/british-ambassador-peru/7498/|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Perú Reports|language=en-US}}</ref> She gained first degrees in Modern Chinese studies and in psychology and she has a master's degree in social anthropology. She worked in business in China until in 2000 she decided to join the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.<ref name=govkate>{{Cite web|title=Kate Harrisson|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/kate-harrisson|access-date=2021-06-14|website=GOV.UK|language=en}}</ref> [[file:Kate Harrisson and Allan Wagner Tizon and agreement.jpg|thumb|Kate Harrisson and Allan Wagner Tizon signing an Infrastructure Task Force agreement in 2021]] She was Deputy Head of Mission to Vietnam, Political Counselor in China, and Economic Consul in Hong Kong.<ref name=govkate/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kate Harrisson|url=https://www.as-coa.org/speakers/kate-harrisson|access-date=2021-06-03|website=AS/COA|language=en}}</ref> She was a panelist at 2019 Latin American Cities Conferences: Lima.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2019 Latin American Cities Conferences: Lima|url=https://www.as-coa.org/events/2019-latin-american-cities-conferences-lima|access-date=2021-06-03|website=AS/COA|date=5 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

She signed a Infrastructure Task Force Memorandum of Understanding in 2021 to continue to support a joint Infrastructure Task Force that had been working since 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Peru and the UK sign the Memorandum of Understanding for the renewal of the Infrastructure Task Force|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/peru-and-the-uk-sign-the-memorandum-of-understanding-for-the-renewal-of-the-infrastructure-task-force|access-date=2021-06-03|website=GOV.UK|language=en}}</ref> She promoted infrastructure improvement in Peru.<ref>{{Cite web|last=LR|first=Redacción|date=2021-05-26|title=Áncash: firman contratos para reconstrucción de hospitales y colegios|url=https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/2021/05/26/ancash-firman-contratos-para-reconstruccion-de-hospitales-y-colegios-lrnd/|access-date=2021-06-03|website=larepublica.pe|language=es-PE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Webinar for UK firms on rebuilding crucial facilities in Peru|url=http://www.infrastructure-intelligence.com/article/sep-2020/webinar-rebuilding-crucial-facilities-peru|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Infrastructure Intelligence|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=PERÚ|first=Empresa Peruana de Servicios Editoriales S. A. EDITORA|title=UK Amb: There is no room for corruption in Peruvian reconstruction project|url=https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-uk-amb-there-is-no-room-for-corruption-in-peruvian-reconstruction-project-803039.aspx|access-date=2021-06-03|website=andina.pe|date=25 June 2020 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Peru Day: Peruvian-British alliance will generate business opportunities for entrepreneurs from both countries|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/peru-day-peruvian-british-alliance-will-generate-business-opportunities-for-entrepreneurs-from-both-countries|access-date=2021-06-03|website=GOV.UK|language=en}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harrisson, Kate}} Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Peru Category:Women ambassadors of the United Kingdom Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Alumni of the Open University Category:Alumni of SOAS University of London