Simon Manley | |
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Her Majesty's Ambassador to Spain | |
In office October 2013 – August 2019 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister |
David Cameron Theresa May Boris Johnson |
Preceded by | Giles Paxman |
Succeeded by | Hugh Elliott |
Personal details | |
Born | Simon John Manley 18 September 1967 United Kingdom |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater |
Magdalen College, Oxford Yale University |
Simon John Manley CMG (born 18 September 1967) is a British diplomat, now the UK Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN in Geneva and previously Ambassador to Spain from October 2013 to August 2019. [1]
Manley was educated at Montpelier Primary School, Latymer Upper School, Magdalen College Oxford and Yale University. [2]
Manley joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1990. Before his posting to Madrid, he served as Director Europe at the FCO (2011-2013), responsible for policy toward the EU. He has been posted to the UK's Mission to the United Nations in New York City (1993-1998), where he worked on Yugoslavia and UN reform, and has twice been seconded to the European Union: to the European Commission (2003) and to the Council of the EU (1998-2002).
In March 2020 Manley was appointed Director-General for COVID-19 at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, leading and coordinating HMG's coronavirus rollout. [3]
In June 2023 the World Trade Organisation's Trade and Gender Informal Working Group published its 2023-2024 plan. Manley and Clara Manuela da Luz Delgado Jesus were new, joining El Salvador's Ana Patricia Benedetti Zelaya, as co-chairs of the Working Group. They replaced Athaliah Lesiba Molokomme and Einar Gunnarsson. [4]