New UK and US ambassadors officially assume office

The recently appointed UK and US ambassadors to Czechia presented their credentials to President Miloš Zeman on Wednesday and can now officially serve. US Ambassador Bijan Sabet, who arrived in Prague at the end of January, is co-founder and general partner of Spark Capital, a venture capital firm. He is the first US ambassador to Czechia after a two-year period without one.

Matt Field, the new UK ambassador, previously served in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He also worked at the British embassies in Brazil and Croatia, and was a political advisor to the EU’s special representative in Macedonia.