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Change of the Head of the UK Delegation to OSCE in Vienna in March 2019

Mr Neil Bush is to succeed Ms Sian MacLeod OBE as Head of the United Kingdom’s Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in March 2019.

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Published: 4 January 2019

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Neil Richard Bush

Mr Neil Bush has been appointed Head of the United Kingdom’s Delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna in succession to Ms Sian MacLeod OBE, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Bush will hold the personal rank of Ambassador and will take up his appointment during March 2019.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Full name: Neil Richard Bush

2015 to present	FCO, Head, Arabian Peninsula (and Iran) Department
2011 to 2015	Department of Energy and Climate Change, Deputy Director and Head Energy Economist
2008 to 2011	London Economics International, Senior Executive and Managing Consultant (Senior Consultant 2008-9)
2006 to 2008	Colombia University, New York and London School of Economics
2005 to 2006	The World Bank Group, Deputy Country Manager, Kosovo
2003 to 2005	The World Bank Group, Strategy and Programme Officer, Washington DC
2001 to 2003	Bank of England, Economist

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Published 4 January 2019