Scott Furssedonn-Wood MVO
Biography
Mr Scott Furssedonn-Wood MVO was British High Commissioner to Barbados, and non-resident High Commissioner to Dominica, Grenada, Antigua & Barbuda, St Vincent & the Grenadines, St Lucia and St Christopher & Nevis from April 2021 to January 2025.
Prior to this, Mr Furssedonn-Wood was Deputy Private Secretary to HRH The Prince of Wales and HRH The Duchess of Cornwall.
Mr Furssedonn-Wood is a career diplomat and was the British Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata from 2013 to 2016. He was based in the US from 2008 until 2013 where he served at the British Embassy in Washington DC, first as Head of Strategic Threats then as Head of the Political Section.
Prior to Washington, he spent two years at the Foreign Office in London as Private Secretary to the Minister of State for the Middle East & South Asia, during which time he travelled to over fifty countries, including to India and its neighbours on many occasions.
Mr Furssedonn-Wood is a MA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Merton College, Oxford University and has a MBA from Open University.