Mark Canning CMG

Biography

Career at Foreign and Commonwealth Office

  • Present British Ambassador to Indonesia

  • 2009-11 British Ambassador to Zimbabwe

  • 2006-09 British Ambassador to Burma / Myanmar

  • 2001-05 Deputy High Commissioner, Kuala Lumpur

  • 1997–01 Personnel Management Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

  • 1993-97 First Secretary, British Embassy Jakarta

  • 1988-93 Security Coordination and West Africa Departments, FCO

  • 1986-88 Vice Consul (Commercial), Chicago

Education

  • Downside School

  • London University BA (Hons) Modern History

  • Masters in Business Administration (2004)

Awards

CMG (2009)

Personal

Married to Cecilia. One daughter (6).