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Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador Ethiopia and Djibouti

Ms Susanna Moorehead will succeed to Mr Gregory Dorey CVO as Her Majesty’s Ambassador Ethiopia and Djibouti

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Susanna Moorehead

Ms Susanna Moorehead has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Her Majesty’s Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti in succession to Mr Gregory Dorey CVO, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Ms Moorehead will take up her appointment in January 2016.

Curriculum Vitae

Full name Susanna Mary Davies Moorehead
2012 – 2015 Department for International Development (DFID), Director Southern & West Africa
2014 University of York, Honorary Doctorate
2008 – 2012 World Bank Group, Executive Director for the United Kingdom, Washington DC
2005 – 2008 New Delhi, Head of DFID India
2003 – 2004 DFID, Head of Governance, Sustainable & Social Development
2001 – 2003 DFID, Head of Asia Regional Policy Department
1999 – 2000 DFID, Head of Economic & Social Research
1999 Joined the Department of International Development (DFID)
1993 – 1997 University Sussex, Deputy Director, Institute of Development Studies
1983 PhD International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science

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Published 17 November 2015