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Ave. Dra. María L. Saldún de Rodríguez 2195
Carrasco, Montevideo

Guest Speaker

Richard Cowley OBE

Richard Cowley was born and educated in England. His wife, Elizabeth, is also British, and their three children were born in Venezuela, England and Uruguay. He holds two degrees from the University of Birmingham (UK), in 1978, took up the position of Director-General of the Anglo-Uruguayan Cultural Institute, the largest English-language and cultural centre in Uruguay.

President of the British Society in Uruguay for four periods,
President of the Board of the British Schools in Uruguay,
Representative in Uruguay of the University of Cambridge from 1978 – 2006
Honorary Cultural Attaché at the British Embassy in Montevideo

He was decorated twice by Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth ll, first with an MBE in 1982 and then an OBE in 2004. His wife has also received an MBE from the Queen.