Simon Manley

Simon John Manley CMG (born 18 September 1967) is a British diplomat who was Ambassador to Spain from October 2013 to August 2019.[1]


Simon Manley

CMG
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
Born
Simon John Manley

(1967-09-18) 18 September 1967
United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Children3
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford
Yale University

Early life

He was educated at Montpelier Primary School, Latymer Upper School, Magdalen College, Oxford and Yale University.[2]

Career

Manley joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1990. Before his posting to Madrid, Simon was 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). He was succeeded as Ambassador to Spain by Hugh Elliott.

In March 2020, Manley was appointed as Director-General for COVID-19 at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, responsible for leading and coordinating the Foreign Office's contribution to the government’s coronavirus effort.[3]

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.


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