Richard Crowder
Biography
Richard Crowder started the role as Head of British Office Sudan and UK Special Representative to Sudan in September 2024.
Before this, Richard was Deputy Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) from 2020 to 2022 and UK Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2017 to 2020.
Richard has worked in the FCDO for over 20 years, with postings in Moscow and Brussels. He was also Head of the EU Referendum Unit in the FCO.
Richard speaks Russian, French and is learning Urdu.
In 2015, he published a first book, called Aftermath: Makers of the Postwar World, about the period at the end of the Second World War.
Head of British Office Sudan and UK Special Representative to Sudan
The Head of the British Office is responsible for the direction and work of the office and its consulates, including political, trade and investment, press and cultural relations, and visa and consular services.