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British diplomat

His ExcellencySimon ManleyCMG
Her Majesty's Ambassador to Spain
In office
October 2013 – August 2019
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded byGiles Paxman
Succeeded byHugh Elliott
Personal details
BornSimon John Manley
(1967-09-18) 18 September 1967 (age 57)
United Kingdom
Children3
Alma materMagdalen 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.

Early life

Manley was educated at Montpelier Primary School, Latymer Upper School, Magdalen College Oxford and Yale University.

Career

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.

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.

References

  1. New British Ambassador arrives in Madrid, British Embassy Madrid, 28 October 2013
  2. MANLEY, Simon John, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
  3. "Simon Manley CMG". Gov.uk. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. "Trade and Gender Informal Working Group co-chairs launch work plan for 2023-24". www.wto.org. Retrieved 1 March 2024.


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