Ian Hughes has been UK High Commissioner in Freetown, Sierra Leone since February 2009.

He was born in Watchfield, Hants and educated at St John's College in Singapore.

Ian has held the following posts for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office:

Vice Consul Kabul, Afghanistan from 1976-1979
Vice Consul Warsaw, Poland from 1980-82
Deputy Head of Mission Tegucigalpa, Honduras from 1985-1988
1st Secretary Political Bern, Switzerland from 1988-1990
1st Secretary Press, New Delhi, India from 1993-1997
Deputy Head of Mission, Mexico City from 2000-2003
Consul General Mumbai, India from 2003-2006
Ambassador, Guatemala City, Guatemala from 2006-2009