Brian Heath has assumed charge as the US Consul General (CG) in Karachi, says a statement issued here on Wednesday. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Heath most recently served as the Minister-Counsellor for Management Affairs at the US Mission to the United Nations in New York. He also served at the Karachi Consulate in 2003-04.
Since joining the Foreign Service in 1998, Heath's overseas assignments have included Director of the US Regional Embassy Office in Al Hillah, Iraq; Consul General at the US Consulate in Lahore, Pakistan; Management Officer at the US Consulate General in Karachi, Pakistan; General Services and Human Resources Officer at the US Embassy in Berlin, Germany; and Consular Officer at the US Consulate General in Mumbai (Bombay), India.
He also studied at the National War College; worked as a Senior Advisor in the Under Secretary of State for Management's Office of Management Policy; and served as a Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for Administration.
He is the recipient of multiple Department of State Superior and Meritorious Honour awards. He graduated from Fordham University with a Bachelor's degree in political economics, earned a law degree from Rutgers University, and received his Master's degree in national security studies from the National War College. He is also a member of the New Jersey and New York State bars.