Pat Phillips arrived in Angola on 27 November 2007 and presented her credential to President Dos Santos on 25 February 2008. This is her fourth diplomatic posting and her fourth continent, having previously served in Jordan as Deputy Head of Mission, in The Hague and Washington. Pat had visited Luanda once before, in 1999, accompanying the UK's Minister for Africa.

Patricia Ruth Phillips - Curriculum Vitae

2007- present	Luanda, HM Ambassador to Angola
2004 - 2007	Amman, Deputy Head of Mission
2002 - 2004	The Hague, Counsellor, Economic, Trade & Investment
2000 - 2002	FCO, Deputy Head, Near East and North Africa Dept
1998 - 2000	FCO, Private Secretary to Minister of State (Minister for Africa)
1997 -1998	FCO, Policy Planning staff
1992 - 1997	Washington, First Secretary, Agriculture & Trade Policy
1991 - 1992	Civil Service-Fulbright Fellowship at University of Minnesota, USA
1988	Secondment to EU Council Secretariat, Brussels
1984-1991	Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food