Benjamin Lyster Binns

Biography

Born on 19 October 1965, Benjamin Lyster-Binns was educated at Bedford School and at Durham University. He joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1989 and, following diplomatic postings in Malawi and Oman, he served as Deputy Head of Mission in Lisbon, between 2003 and 2007, as Policy Advisor to the Counter Terrorism Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, between 2007 and 2010, and as Deputy Head of the International Organisations Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, between 2010 and 2012. He was British Ambassador to Uruguay from 2012 to October 2016 when he left to transfer to another Diplomatic Service appointment.