Her Excellency Victoria Treadell CMG MVO |
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High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia | |
Assumed office 2014 |
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Preceded by | Simon Featherstone |
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Born |
Ipoh, Perak, Malaya |
4 November 1959
Nationality | British |
Spouse(s) | Alan Treadell |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Victoria "Vicki" Marguerite Treadell CMG MVO (born 4 November 1959) is the current British High Commissioner to Malaysia and has been in the posting since October 2014. She is the former British High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa, and Governor of the Pitcairn Islands.
She was born in Ipoh, Perak, Malaya (now Malaysia) to a Cantonese mother and a father of French-Dutch ancestry. Before her posting to New Zealand, she had held postings in Pakistan, India and Malaysia.
She is the first woman who served as British High Commissioner to New Zealand.
She was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) in 1989 following a visit by The Queen to Malaysia, and was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 2010.
In addition, due to her interest in culture and arts, she has been one of the patrons of the Singapore-based British Theatre Playhouse since 2014, with regard to the plays that are produced in Malaysia.