Martyn Keith Roper (born 8 June 1965) is a British diplomat and civil servant who served as

Governor of the Cayman Islands The governor of the Cayman Islands is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the Cayman Islands. The governor, a civil servant who has in modern times typically been a British subject normally ...

between 29 October 2018 and 29 March 2023. Roper was the second longest-serving governor of the Cayman Islands behind Thomas Russell who served a total of 7 years. He was succeeded by

Jane Owen Jane Caroline Owen (born 15 April 1963) is a British politician and diplomat. She is the current Governor of the Cayman Islands and the second woman to hold this position. She had previously served as the British ambassador to Switzerland and ...

as Governor of the

Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory, and the largest by population. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located so ...

. Roper was the British Ambassador to Algeria from 2010 to 2014. He was appointed

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

in 2013 "for services to UK interests in Algeria, particularly the UK response to the

In Amenas hostage crisis The In Amenas hostage crisis began on 16 January 2013, when al-Qaeda-linked terrorists affiliated with a brigade led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar took expat hostages at the Tigantourine gas facility near In Amenas, Algeria. One of Belmokhtar's sen ...

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Cayman Islands Government Web Site
1965 births Alumni of the Open University Alumni of the University of Hull Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Algeria Governors of the Cayman Islands Living people People educated at Heath Grammar School Officers_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire {{UK-diplomat-stub