Corporate leadership
The FCO Board provides the FCO’s corporate leadership, in delivering the policies and services that are set by Ministers. As well as detail about the FCO Board and its ten members, you can find out more about the Permanent Under-Secretary who chairs the Board.
Directorates
Our directorates tells you what our various departments do and the areas and countries they cover.
The FCO overseas
Through our network of 233 Posts worldwide the FCO is responsible for:
- conducting business with other governments and international organisations
- protecting British citizens abroad
- promoting British commercial and other interests across the world.
Our directorates
These are the FCO's eight directorates and the departments they contain and who runs them.
