Canada appoints first female High Commissioner to Guyana

GilesGeorgetown: Dr. Nicole Giles arrived has assume duties as Canada's High Commissioner to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and Ambassador to Suriname (Designate). Dr. Giles is the first female to be appointed as Canada’s High Commissioner to Guyana, Representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Ambassador to Suriname.

She is married to Brian Giles, and they have one son and one daughter. Dr. Giles replaces David Devine.

She has BA Honours [Political Science and History] from Queen’s University, 1998; MPhil [International Relations], University of Oxford, 2001; DPhil [International Relations], University of Oxford, 2005) and worked as a retained lecturer at the University of Oxford’s Wadham College prior to joining Foreign Affairs Canada in 2005. Dr. Giles has worked as a program officer and deputy director with the Nuclear and Radiological Security Division and as director of the Global Partnership Program. She has also published on missile defence and nuclear strategy. Most recently, Dr. Giles was director of the Capacity Building Programs Division.