Christina Scott


Christina Martha Elena Scott is a British civil servant and diplomat. She served as Governor of Anguilla between 2013 and 2017, and was the first woman to hold the post. She was appointed Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Beijing in September 2018. Since October 2022 she has served as Minister and Deputy High Commissioner to India at the British High Commission in New Delhi.
She was educated at Francis Holland School, Clarence Gate and Christ Church, Oxford.
Prior to her governorship of Anguilla, she was a civil servant:
Scott has worked at HM Treasury, Department for Transport and at the European Commission.
She was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to British foreign policy.

Personal

Scott was married to Chris Martin, a civil servant. They separated in 2011 and he later remarried. They had no children from their marriage.