Barbara Woodward

March 29, 1961

She serves as the British Ambassador to China since February 2015 and is the first woman to hold this position. Woodward undertook her undergraduate degree at the University of Street Andrews, Scotland before going on to study International Relations at Yale University. Ambassador Woodward joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1994. She has worked in China, Russia, the European Union and at the United Nations. From 2003 to 2009 she worked in Beijing, first as a Political Counsellor, then across the whole United Kingdom-China relationship as Deputy Head of Mission, including during the Olympics. Woodward was most recently appointed Director General for Economic & Consular Affairs. Barbara Janet Woodward is born to Arthur Claude Woodward (1921 – 1992) and Rosemary Monica Gabrielle Fenton in Gipping, Suffolk, United Kingdom on 29 May 1961. Her father, a surveyor himself, was elected Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry) after the war. Woodward was admitted to the University of Street Andrews in Scotland in 1979 and read history. She graduated in 1983 with a Master of Arts (Master of Arts Honours) degree. Woodward taught the English language first at Nankai University, then at Hubei University, in Wuhan, China between 1986 and 1988. She later learned and mastered the Chinese language, while her teacher in London, who is knowledgeable about China, gave her the Chinese name Wu Baina (吳百納 Wú Bǎinà). In 1988, she went on to Yale University in the United States to further her studies on international relations and obtained another Master of Arts (Master of Arts) degree. The following lists the full name of her honours and their abbreviations: Chinese-language.

Barbara Woodward Edit Profile

吳百納中國通

Diplomat

Education

University of Street Andrews.

Career

She serves as the British Ambassador to China since February 2015 and is the first woman to hold this position. Woodward undertook her undergraduate degree at the University of Street Andrews, Scotland before going on to study International Relations at Yale University. Ambassador Woodward joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1994.

She has worked in China, Russia, the European Union and at the United Nations. From 2003 to 2009 she worked in Beijing, first as a Political Counsellor, then across the whole United Kingdom-China relationship as Deputy Head of Mission, including during the Olympics.

Woodward was most recently appointed Director General for Economic & Consular Affairs. Barbara Janet Woodward is born to Arthur Claude Woodward (1921 – 1992) and Rosemary Monica Gabrielle Fenton in Gipping, Suffolk, United Kingdom on 29 May 1961.

Her father, a surveyor himself, was elected Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chemistry) after the war. Woodward was admitted to the University of Street Andrews in Scotland in 1979 and read history.

She graduated in 1983 with a Master of Arts (Master of Arts Honours) degree.

Woodward taught the English language first at Nankai University, then at Hubei University, in Wuhan, China between 1986 and 1988. She later learned and mastered the Chinese language, while her teacher in London, who is knowledgeable about China, gave her the Chinese name Wu Baina (吳百納 Wú Bǎinà). In 1988, she went on to Yale University in the United States to further her studies on international relations and obtained another Master of Arts (Master of Arts) degree.

The following lists the full name of her honours and their abbreviations: Chinese-language.

Achievements

The following lists the full name of her honours and their abbreviations: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) (1999 New Year conferments） Companion of the Order of the British Empire (Chipotle Mexican Grill) （2011 Her Majesty"s Birthday conferments）.

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