Simon John Manley

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(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

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(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

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(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.

References

1967 births Living people People from Ealing People educated at Latymer Upper School Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Yale University alumni Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Spain Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Commanders of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland {{UK-diplomat-stub