Dhaka: Former British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Anwar Choudhury has been made new governor of British overseas territory Cayman Islands.

Anwar Choudhury, who served as the British envoy in Dhaka from 2004 to 2008, will take the charge after current Governor Helen Kilpatrick's term expires in March next, reports Cayman Compass.

Anwar Choudhury also served as the British ambassador to Peru since 2013, foreign office director of "diplomatic excellence" from 2012 to 2013 and director of "international institutions" from 2008 to 2011.

At the time of his appointment as envoy to Bangladesh, he was Britain's first ethnic-minority senior high commissioner appointed to that position.

Earlier in his career, he served as director of e-government for the UK Cabinet Office form 2000-2004.

He also has significant experience in the British military, having served in both the Royal Air Force and at the Ministry of Defence.