David Moran (diplomat)

David Moran

David Moran (born 22 August 1959) is British ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Career

David John Moran was educated at Stoke Brunswick School and Tonbridge School and gained a BA degree in Soviet Studies from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. He spent a year working for Oregon State Employment Division, then returned to England for a year to gain a MA degree in International Relations from the University of Sussex. After another year at Oregon State and a year working as a professional blues pianist he joined the Department of Trade and Industry in 1985 but transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in the same year. He served at Nairobi, Moscow and Paris and at the FCO before being appointed ambassador to Uzbekistan 2005–07. He was Counsellor in the Human Resources Directorate at the FCO 2007–08, seconded to the Cabinet Office 2008–09, ambassador to Kazakhstan (and non-resident ambassador to Kyrgyzstan) 2009–12, and chargé d'affaires to Georgia in early 2013. He was appointed ambassador to Switzerland and non-resident ambassador to Liechtenstein from December 2013.[1]

In 2013 David Moran was chief consultant to the writers of the BBC TV series Ambassadors.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Switzerland, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 2 May 2013
  2. ↑ Can new Mitchell & Webb comedy help the Foreign Office improve its image?, The Independent, London, 8 October 2013
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Craig Murray		 Ambassador to Uzbekistan
2005–2007 		Succeeded by
Iain Kelly
Preceded by
Paul Brummell		 Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
2009–2012 		Succeeded by
Carolyn Browne
Preceded by
Judith Gough		 Chargé d'affaires to Georgia with personal rank of ambassador
2013 		Succeeded by
Alexandra Hall Hall
Preceded by
Sarah Gillett		 Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein
2013–present 		Incumbent


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