The Honourable Kate Ewart-Biggs OBE[1] (born November 1967)[2] is Deputy Chief Executive of the British Council.
Her father was Christopher Ewart-Biggs, a British diplomat who was killed by the IRA in Dublin in 1976.
Kate joined the British Council after working help street children around the world in places such as Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia.
She has been posted by the Council to Uganda, Tanzania, Central and Eastern Europe and in Egypt.
Before she was Deputy Chief Executive, she was Director Global Network and managed relationships with the British Government departments.