British envoy to S. Korea to replace Treadell

The United Kingdom’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has appointed a new High Commissioner to Malaysia to succeed Vicki Treadell when her term ends in April.

Current British ambassador to South Korea Charles Hay will take over.

Among previous positions Hay held were FCO director of consular services and assistant director of HR services.

Hay’s other postings include Brussels and Prague.

He is married to Pascale Sutherland and has two daughters.

Treadell, who turns 60 next year, is the first female British High Commissioner to Malaysia. She was appointed to the post in 2014.

Treadell was born and raised in Ipoh. At the age of eight, she left for the United Kingdom. Madrid,