Personal details 

Full Name: Diane Louise Corner

Date of Birth: 1959

Married to: Peter Stocker, an architect and Director of YRM Architects and Planners

Children: Four daughters

Education: BA (Hons) in French and Politics from University of Bristol

Previous jobs:

Sept 08 - Feb 09 Acting High Commissioner, Sierra Leone

2008 Secondment to Catlin Underwriting Agencies

2005 – 2008 FCO, Prism then Shared Services Programme Director
   
2004 - 2005 Cabinet Office, Chief Assessor, Civil Service Selection Board

2003 - 2004 FCO, Head of Employment Policy Department

2001 - 2003 Harare, Counsellor and Deputy High Commissioner

2000 Rome, Senior Course, NATO Defence College

1998 – 2000 FCO, Deputy Head, OSCE/Council of Europe Department

1994 – 1998 Berlin Office, Deputy Head of Mission

1991 - 1993 On secondment to Cabinet Office

1989 - 1991 FCO, First Secretary, Central and Southern Africa Department

1988 New York, Conference support officer

1985-88 Kuala Lumpur, Second Secretary Chancery

1982 FCO

(*FCO – Foreign and Commonwealth Office)