Thomas Reilly
Biography
Thomas Reilly was the British Ambassador to Morocco from June 2017 to August 2020. He was also Her Majesty’s non-resident Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania from June 2017 until May 2018, when the first ever resident Ambassador to Mauritania was appointed. Prior to his posting in Rabat, Thomas was Special Advisor in charge of International Government Relations and Regulatory Affairs at Royal Dutch Shell.
Thomas joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1998. He worked at the FCO as Deputy Head of Climate Change & Energy Department and Deputy Head of Counter Terrorism Department. He was also Deputy Head of Mission in Cairo and worked in political affairs in Argentina, Yemen and Kuwait.