From the Cayman Islands Governor’s Office

Mr Martyn Roper has been appointed Governor of the Cayman Islands in succession to Mr Anwar Choudhury.  Mr Roper will take up his appointment in October 2018.

BIO:

His Excellency the Governor of the Cayman Islands

Mr Martyn K Roper OBE

Martyn Keith Roper is a highly experienced career diplomat with a successful track record in senior corporate leadership roles across the world. He was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire in June 1965.

Prior to his appointment as Governor of the Cayman Islands, Martyn was Minister and Deputy Head of Mission in Beijing where he was responsible for a network of over 800 people across five diplomatic posts.

His earlier career includes postings to Algeria as the UK Ambassador, Deputy Head of Mission in Brasilia and as First Secretary Economics and Development with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris.

Martyn has previous experience working with the British Overseas Territories from his time as Head of the Gibraltar Section at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London when he had specific responsibility for policy concerning law and order, justice and good governance.

During his time with the United Nations in the early part of the 1990s his role included the Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24).

He was Vice Consul in Kuwait at the time of the outbreak of the first Gulf War and was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2013 on his return to the UK from his posting in Algeria.

Married to Elisabeth he has two children, a son Matthew aged 26 and daughter Jessica aged 22. He is a keen cyclist and also enjoys tennis and reading in his spare time.

 

Full career summary including dates:

July 2015 – Sept 2018                    Minister and Deputy Head of Mission Beijing, China

 

Dec 2010 – May 2014                     British Ambassador to Algeria

 

Aug 2007 – Aug 2010                     Deputy Head of Mission Brasilia

 

Jan 2004 – Dec 2006                      Deputy Head of International Organisations Dept, FCO

 

Sept 2003 – Dec 2003                    Conflict Issues Group, FCO

 

July 1999 – Aug 2003                     First Secretary Economics/Development UKDEL OECD Paris

 

Sept 1996 – Feb 1998                     Head of Gibraltar Internal Section, FCO

 

Mar 1994 – Aug 1996                      UN Department, Political Section

 

June 1986 – Dec 1993                   Tehran, Maputo, Kuwait/Baghdad, Karachi

 

July 1984 – June 1986                   Middle East Department, FCO (Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen)