Howard Drake

His Excellency Howard Drake OBE
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Canada
Incumbent
Assumed office 2013
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Andrew Pocock
High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Jamaica
In office 2010–2013
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown David Cameron
Preceded by	Jeremy Cresswell
Succeeded by	David Fitton
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Chile
In office 2005–2009
Prime Minister	Tony Blair Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Richard Wilkinson
Succeeded by	Jon Benjamin
Personal details
Born	13 August 1956
Residence	Earnscliffe, Ottawa

Howard Ronald Drake, OBE (born 13 August 1956)^[1] is the current British High Commissioner to Canada. He was appointed in June 2013.

Education

Drake was educated at Churcher's College.

Career

• 1981–1983: Vice-Consul Commercial, Los Angeles, United States
• 1985–1988: Second Secretary Political, Santiago, Chile
• early 1990s: Head of Chancery, Singapore
• 1997–2002: Deputy Consul-General and Director of Inward Investment, New York City, United States
• 2005–2009: Ambassador to Chile
• 2010–2013: British High Commissioner to Jamaica
• 2013–present British High Commissioner to Canada

On 14 March 2014, in the midst of the 2014 Crimean crisis, he wrote an op-ed in the Globe and Mail on why his Government thought the Crimean referendum should be cancelled.^[2]

References

• DRAKE, Howard Ronald, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
• Howard Drake OBE, www.gov.uk

1. Debretts
2. G+M: "This Crimea vote is no way to determine independence. It should not go ahead" (Drake) 14 Mar 2014