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Clare Wijeratne is an executive at [[Hakluyt & Company]].
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'''Clare Wijeratne''' is a former British diplomat and executive at [[Hakluyt & Company]] based in Singapore. She is now a global policy analyst at mining company [[BHP Billiton]] in Singapore.
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
 
Wijeratne started her career as an associate consultant at [[Bain & Company]] from 2000 to 2002.
 
Wijeratne started her career as an associate consultant at [[Bain & Company]] from 2000 to 2002.
  
She then worked at the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], first as a desk officer (October 2002-April 2004), vice consul, British Consulate-General in Hong Kong (May 2004-May 2007)<ref>Lisa Gamandi, 'HM Diplomatic Service Overseas reference list', ''Future Firecrest Programme'', July-August 2005</ref>, team leader (June 2007-May 2010) and finally as first secretary to the British High Commission in Delhi (June 2010-September 2013).
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She then worked at the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], first as a desk officer (October 2002 - April 2004), vice consul, British Consulate-General in Hong Kong (May 2004 - May 2007)<ref>Lisa Gamandi, 'HM Diplomatic Service Overseas reference list', ''Future Firecrest Programme'', July-August 2005, accessed 26 September 2014 </ref>, team leader (June 2007-May 2010) and finally as first secretary to the British High Commission in Delhi (June 2010 - September 2013).
  
She is currently an executive at [[Hakluyt & Company]], a role she has held since October 2013.<ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/clare-wijeratne/5/39b/20a?trk=pub-pbmap Clare Wijeratne] ''Linkedin'' undated, accessed 26 September 2014 </ref>
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She left the FCO to become an executive at [[Hakluyt & Company]] from October 2013 until June 2016. She joined BHP Billiton in January 2017. <ref> [http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/clare-wijeratne/5/39b/20a?trk=pub-pbmap Clare Wijeratne] ''Linkedin'' undated, accessed 26 September 2014 and 10 August 2017.</ref>  
  
 
==Education==
 
==Education==
*MA Oriental Studies (Chinese), University of Cambridge 2000, including a year studying mandarin chinese and history at the Ocean University of China in 1999.
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*MA Oriental Studies (Chinese), [[University of Cambridge]] 2000, including a year studying mandarin chinese and history at the Ocean University of China in 1999.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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[[Category:Diplomats|Wijeratne, Clare]]
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[[Category:Diplomats|Wijeratne, Clare]] [[Category:Cambridge alumni| Wijeratne, Clare]]

Latest revision as of 07:40, 10 August 2017

Clare Wijeratne is a former British diplomat and executive at Hakluyt & Company based in Singapore. She is now a global policy analyst at mining company BHP Billiton in Singapore.

Career

Wijeratne started her career as an associate consultant at Bain & Company from 2000 to 2002.

She then worked at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, first as a desk officer (October 2002 - April 2004), vice consul, British Consulate-General in Hong Kong (May 2004 - May 2007)[1], team leader (June 2007-May 2010) and finally as first secretary to the British High Commission in Delhi (June 2010 - September 2013).

She left the FCO to become an executive at Hakluyt & Company from October 2013 until June 2016. She joined BHP Billiton in January 2017. [2]

Education

  • MA Oriental Studies (Chinese), University of Cambridge 2000, including a year studying mandarin chinese and history at the Ocean University of China in 1999.

Notes

  1. Lisa Gamandi, 'HM Diplomatic Service Overseas reference list', Future Firecrest Programme, July-August 2005, accessed 26 September 2014
  2. Clare Wijeratne Linkedin undated, accessed 26 September 2014 and 10 August 2017.