Neil Wigan has been appointed by the UK government to succeed Jane Marriott as British High Commissioner to Kenya, with his term commencing from July 2023.
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Name: Mr. Desmond Patrick Neil Wigan OBE
Marital Status: Married, with two children
Experience:
- 2019 to present: His Majesty’s Ambassador to Tel Aviv
- 2015 to 2018: Director for Africa at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
- 2013 to 2015: Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Mogadishu
- 2010 to 2013: Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Kinshasa
- 2008 to 2010: Deputy Director at the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat, Cabinet Office
- 2006 to 2008: Head of Arab Israel and North Africa Group at the FCO
- 2002 to 2006: First Secretary and Head of Political Section at Tel Aviv
- 2000 to 2002: Desk Officer at the European Union Department (Internal) of the FCO
- 2000: Joined the FCO
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