Joseph Fisher appointed new British High Commissioner to Guyana

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has announced the appointment of Joseph Fisher, MBE, as the new British High Commissioner to Guyana.

Fisher will assume the role in April 2026, succeeding Jane Miller, who is set to retire from the Diplomatic Service. Miller concluded her tenure in January after serving in the role since July 2021.
In addition to his duties in Guyana, Fisher will serve as Non-Resident Ambassador to Suriname and as the United Kingdom’s Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (Caricom).
The FCDO in a release on Wednesday said that Fisher brings extensive diplomatic and national security experience to the post. He most recently served as Private Secretary to the National Security Adviser at Number 10 from 2024 to 2025. Prior to that, he completed the Higher Command and Staff Course at the Defence Academy in 2024.
Between 2022 and 2024, Fisher held the position of Deputy Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary within the FCDO. His earlier roles include serving in the Cabinet Office’s National Security Secretariat, where he progressed from Team Leader to Deputy Head of Department between 2020 and 2022.
His overseas experience includes a posting in Yangon, where he served as Acting Deputy Head of Mission in 2020 and earlier as Second Secretary (Political/Press) from 2011 to 2014. Fisher also worked as an International Development Liaison Officer in the Office of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from 2014 to 2017.
Earlier in his career, he served in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province as a Second Secretary (Political) with a Provincial Reconstruction Team, and held roles within the FCO’s EU Directorate, Information Technology Department, and the joint FCO-DFID Sudan Unit. Fisher joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2007.