David Moran
David Moran was appointed as COP26 Regional Ambassador for Europe, Central Asia, Turkey and Iran in May 2021.
David joined the FCO (now FCDO) in 1985 and has previously served as Ambassador to Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and as Ambassador (non-resident) to Liechtenstein and the Kyrgyz Republic.
He was also posted to Nairobi, Moscow, Paris (at the OECD), Tbilisi and Yerevan (in both cases as Chargé d’Affaires with the personal rank of Ambassador). He has worked in a wide range of policy and other roles in London, including as Head of the FCO’s Global Economic Issues Department and Cabinet Office Deputy Director for Early Warning and Transnational Issues, covering climate change, energy and economics. Before joining the UK Civil Service he worked for the State of Oregon and as a professional blues pianist.
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