Niall Mackenzie
Biography
Niall Mackenzie is the UK’s HM Trade Commissioner for North America, based at the British Consulate General in New York City. In this role he leads a cross-USA and Canada team to deliver new trade and investment opportunities across all economic sectors by helping UK firms export to and enter the market, and support US and Canadian firms to invest into UK.
Niall Mackenzie’s former role was Interim Director General for Domestic and International Markets and Exports in the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) in November 2023.
Before that, he was Director for Consumers and Competition in DBT and Interim Director General, Market Frameworks at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) from 1 November to 13 December 2021.
HM Trade Commissioner for North America
The HM Trade Commissioner (HMTC) for North America oversees all Department for Business and Trade (DBT) work in North America including:
- growing the overall bilateral trade and investment relationship
- improving market access for British companies, including small and medium sized businesses (SMEs)
- developing finance and trade policy
The HMTC also works closely with the wider diplomatic network and UK based colleagues to coordinate HMG activity on our wider prosperity agenda.