Great Britain
The Consul General
William Elliott
William Elliott has been British Consul-General in St Petersburg since November, 2006. 
He was born in 1968 and grew up in the UK, Sierra Leone and the USA. He studied English Literature at the University of York, and after graduation he taught at universities in Poland and Georgia. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1994. He has been posted to Warsaw (1996-9), Kabul (2001-2) and Tallinn (2002-6). His work for the FCO has covered a variety of issues - EU enlargement, security policy, Trade and Investment, and resource management.
In his spare time he enjoys literature (particularly English and Russian), history (UK, Europe and South Asia), cooking and cricket.
He is married, with two children.
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