A new British consul general has arrived in Atlanta, fresh off of an ambassadorial posting in Europe where she promoted the United Kingdom’s vision for collective security and prosperity. 

Up until last month, Rachel Galloway spent four years as envoy to North Macedonia, whose accession as the 30th member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization occurred near the midpoint of her tenure in 2020. 

The country of nearly 2 million people had recently settled a long-running dispute over its name, adding the “North” to avoid confusion with the eponymous northern region of Greece. 

As recently as mid-June, Ms. Galloway was in Skopje, the North Macedonian capital, welcoming British delegates to the Prespa Forum, a high-level dialogue hosted by the Western Balkan country. 

She replaces former Consul General Andrew Staunton, the self-proclaimed sports fanatic who adopted Atlanta teams during his four-year tenure representing Her Majesty in the Southeast U.S. Around the midpoint, at the end of January 2020, Brexit became final as the U.K. officially left the European Union. His latter two years in Atlanta coincided with the pandemic. 

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