Caroline Margaret (Carma) Elliot (born 24 August 1964) is a British former diplomat who currently serves as the College President at the United World College of South East Asia.

Career

Elliot studied

Mandarin Mandarin or The Mandarin may refer to: Language * Mandarin Chinese, branch of Chinese originally spoken in northern parts of the country ** Standard Chinese or Modern Standard Mandarin, the official language of China ** Taiwanese Mandarin, Stand ...

Fudan University Fudan University (FDU) is a public university, national public university in Yangpu, Shanghai, Yangpu, Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education and is co-funded with the Shanghai Municipal ...

in Shanghai. She joined the

Foreign and Commonwealth Office The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom. The office was created on 2 ...

(FCO) in 1987 and served in

Peking Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's most populous national capital city as well as China's second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is l ...

, Brussels, Bonn, Paris, Madrid and at the FCO. She was the first British

Consul-General A consul is an official representative of a government who resides in a foreign country to assist and protect citizens of the consul's country, and to promote and facilitate commercial and diplomatic relations between the two countries. A consu ...

Chongqing ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...

(2000–04), and later served as Consul-General at

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2004–06 and at

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

2006–10. She then left the FCO and from 2011 to 2013 was executive director of China's largest international NGO, the Half the Sky Foundation (now called OneSky), which works with China's orphan children. She joined the British Council as the regional director for China in 2013. As the

British Council The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. It works in over 100 countries: promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and the English language (and the Welsh lang ...

director she holds the post of Minister (Culture and Education) at the British Embassy in Beijing. She was appointed College President of UWC South East Asia in August 2019. Elliot was appointed OBE in the 2004 New Year Honours and CMG in the

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References

1964 births Living people British diplomats in China British women diplomats Fudan University alumni People of the British Council United World Colleges Officers_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire Companions_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George {{UK-diplomat-stub