Catherine Eva PESTELL

Background

PESTELL, Catherine was born on September 24, 1933 in London. Daughter of Edmund Pestell and Isabella Pestell.

Education

Leeds Girls’ High School and Saint Hilda’s College Oxford.

Career

Joined Foreign Office 1955. Served The Hague, Bangkok, Vientiane, Organisation for Economic Company-operation and Development Delegate, Paris 1955-1975. Counsellor, East. Berlin 1975.

Seconded to Cabinet Office 1978.

Inspector M. Diplomatic Service 1981-1983. Minister (Economics), Bonn 1983-1987.

Assistant Under-Secretary Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1987-1989. Principal, Somerville College Oxford since 1989.

Connections

Father:

Edmund Pestell

Mother:

Isabella Pestell