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Cultural Counsellor - Joanna Burke   
Director Chongqing - Paula Middleton   
Director Guangzhou - Peter Upton   
Director Shanghai - Matt Burney   

JOANNA BURKE   

Counsellor (Cultural) - Cultural & Education Section of the British Embassy    

Joanna Burke has been Regional Director China since August 2007.

She first visited China in the late 1970s, when she studied at Beijing Languages Institute (1979-1980).

Her first posting in China was as Assistant Director Beijing and Second Secretary (Cultural) of the British Embassy (1990-1995). She returned to China once again in 1999 as Director Shanghai, and Consul (Cultural) of the British Consulate in Shanghai (1999-2003).

Joanna's other overseas postings have included Argentina (Deputy Director 1995-1999) and Japan (Director Japan 2005-2007). Her posts in London have included Regional Director Americas and Australasia (2003-2004).

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