David Warren (diplomat)

Sir David Warren
Sir David Warren; KCMG
	Warren in June 2012
British Ambassador to Japan
	In office; 2008 – November 2012
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown; David Cameron
Preceded by	Sir Graham Fry
Succeeded by	Tim Hitchens
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 68–69)
Education	Epsom College
Alma mater	Exeter College, Oxford

Sir David Alexander Warren, KCMG (born 1952) is a British diplomat, serving as HM Ambassador to Japan in the period 2008–2012.[1] He retired from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in January 2013, and now serves as chairman of The Japan Society in London.

Biography

Educated at Epsom College and Exeter College, Oxford, Warren joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1975.[2] He studied Japanese in 1977 at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.[2]

Warren dealt with EU/Japan trade and economic relations (and multilateral trade policy issues more generally) in the FCO's European Community Department from 1983 to 1986. From 1987 to 1990, he served as Head of the Political Section in the British High Commission in Nairobi, Kenya. He returned to London as the Deputy Head of the FCO's Far Eastern Department from 1990 to 1991. He was seconded to the Cabinet Office (Office of Science and Technology) for two years from 1991, as the Head of the International Division, dealing among other issues with UK/Japan science and technology co-operation (the recycling of waste from nuclear reactors by British Nuclear Fuels being a key issue in this relationship).[3]

Following his second tour of duty in Tokyo, from 1998 to 2000 he was the Head of the FCO's Hong Kong Department. In 2000, he became one of the Directors and senior management team for the new Government trade promotion organisation, British Trade International, later UK Trade and Investment, where he spent the next four years in charge of different aspects of sector and market-oriented international trade development. In 2004, he was appointed Director, Human Resources, for the FCO, and a member of the FCO Board of Management.[3]

Having already been invested Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), Warren was advanced Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2012 New Year Honours.[4][5]

Honours

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (2018)

Sources

Brit envoy, three Japanese staff hailed for disaster efforts, Japan Times, 1 January 2012.
Britain appoints new ambassador, Japan Times, 4 March 2012
Nuclear recycling program to continue amid looming storage crisis, Japan Times, 14 September 2012.
Hollingworth, William (2012) More deregulation needed to attract investment: former British ambassador, Japan Times, 28 November 2012

References

"Our Ambassador". Ukinjapan.fco.gov.uk. 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"No. 60009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 3.
New Year Honours List 2012: full list, Telegraph.co.uk

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Sir Graham Fry	British Ambassador to Japan 2008–2012	Succeeded by Tim Hitchens

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[1] "Our Ambassador". Ukinjapan.fco.gov.uk. 21 August 2008. Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2009.

[ambwarrencv1-3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "No. 60009". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2011. p. 3.

[5] New Year Honours List 2012: full list, Telegraph.co.uk