Yesterday, CG Tammy Sandhu M.B.E. visited Sacramento to meet with CA lawmakers & Administration officials.

She also addressed the 2024 class of Leadership California women leaders & attended the Senate international reception, where she met with CA Senators, including Pro Tem Mike McGuire.

Last week, CG Tammy Sandhu M.B.E. returned to the #LastFrontierState to accompany Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Minister David Rutley MP to the Arctic Encounter, the largest Arctic policy event in North America.

Alaska is at the forefront of the evolving political, security & economic landscape of the Arctic 🧵

And they’re off! CG Tammy Sandhu M.B.E. was in downtown Anchorage to witness the ceremonial start of the 52nd The Iditarod!

#DidUK know that several 🇬🇧 mushers have competed in #TheLastGreatRace over the years? One English-born musher, Thomas Waerner, won in 2020.

#BrritsInAlaska

Hello #Alaska ! Later this week, Consul General Tammy Sandhu M.B.E. & members of the UK Consulate in SF team will travel “North to the Future” to grow the UK-AK relationship.

Along the way, they’ll also take in iconic Alaskan winter traditions like The Iditarod & Fur Rondy #BrritsInAlaska

GBx is thrilled to welcome His Majesty's British Consul General in SF, Tammy Sandhu M.B.E. MBE, onto our board.

'I'm looking forward to strengthening communities of exceptional British talent that support emerging entrepreneurs, establish wider networks, and inform policy back home.”

The UK stands as a crucial trading & investment partner to CA, fostering economic growth & collaboration.

Great to welcome Dame Karen Pierce & the UK Trade Envoy to the Golden State and looking forward to our continued partnership 🇬🇧🇺🇸

It was fantastic to meet with CA Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis in San Francisco. The UK and California share strong business ties and a commitment to meaningful action on climate change. It is vital to have these important policy conversations at all levels of government.

Yesterday, Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce met with CA Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis to discuss key areas for UK-CA cooperation including climate and AI.

Whether in regulating AVs, online safety, or carbon emissions, we look to – and work with – CA to raise the bar on what’s possible.

So glad Dame Karen Pierce, the UK ambassador to the U.S., Consul General Tammy Sandhu M.B.E. & Christopher Cambises stopped by the San Francisco Chronicle today to meet with the editorial board! It was lovely sharing tea and conversation. 🫖🇺🇸🇬🇧

The UK Consulate in SF team is delighted to welcome Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce back to San Francisco to reinforce the close diplomatic relationship between the UK and California and the importance of the West Coast in addressing shared global challenges.

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On Tuesday, we were honoured to host the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to the 🇺🇸 the Rt. Hon Conor Burns.

While in CA, he met with Secretary Myers of GO-Biz to discuss our work towards a Memorandum of Understanding that unlocks new opportunities for business and investment.

What do consulates do?

The answers may surprise you.

Expanding on the POLITICO California feature on UK diplomacy in CA, Tammy Sandhu M.B.E.'s conversation with Jim Herlihy ranges from housing to AI to the importance of engaging with US states 🇬🇧

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Rounding out an incredible year celebrating in true British fashion with friends and partners in the BBS of California, BABCSF, and GBxGlobal.

Looking join our community? Learn more here:

⭐️babcsf.org

⭐️britishbenevolentsociety.com/get-involved

⭐️gbxglobal.org

Brilliant to speak to Dustin Gardiner & the POLITICO California team on the UK-California relationship. We build on our shared values & a commitment to tackling global challenges- AI, climate, equality -together. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🫱🏽‍🫲🏼
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We are delighted to announce the new class of #MarshallScholars from the SF region! These 5 phenomenal recipients form part of the largest class in the scholarship's 70-year history!

#MeetTheMarshalls who will embark on their graduate studies in the 🇬🇧 next year. #Marshalls70

An honour to host a special 🇬🇧 citizenship ceremony yesterday for the Very Reverend Dr. Malcolm Young, Dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Young has long been a close friend of the British community in California and we are proud to now call him a citizen too.

This morning APEC CEO Summit USA 2023, Department for Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch met with CA Governor Gavin Newsom to progress talks on a UK-CA Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost trade, investment and joint global leadership to reach our net zero targets. (1/2)

#UKinSF #APEC

Delighted to welcome Department for Business and Trade Secretary of State @kemibadenoch to #SF 👏

She'll be attending the @APECCEOSUMMIT and joining her first in-person meetings with #CPTPP countries since the UK signed a deal to become the first new member of the trade bloc. (1/3)

#UKinSF #APEC

It's hard to be what you can't see.

This #IDG 2023 , we celebrate the amazing women who are blazing a trail in our consulate and renew our commitment to making space at the table for those who will come next.

#RightsFreedomPotential #IDG

This morning, Consul General Tammy Sandhu M.B.E. paid her respects to the late Senator Dianne Feinstein at SF City Hall. Sen. Feinstein was a trailblazing leader & friend of the UK throughout her long political career, both in City of San Francisco & in the Senate.

Tomorrow we bid goodbye to a partner & ally.