Sir Shridath Surendranath Ramphal OM,often known as Sir Sonny Ramphal,is a Guyanese politician who was the second Commonwealth Secretary-General,holding the position from 1975 to 1990. He was also the foreign minister of Guyana from 1972 to 1975,and assistant attorney general of the West Indies Federation from 1958 to 1962.
Sir Antony Arthur Acland was a British diplomat and a provost of Eton College.
John Olav Kerr,Baron Kerr of Kinlochard is a British former diplomat and civil servant,and is a crossbench member of the House of Lords. He was a member of the European Convention that first drafted what became Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty,which came into force in December 2009. He later served for a period as Deputy Chairman of Scottish Power.
Sir Peter John Westmacott is a senior British diplomat,who was British Ambassador to Turkey,then Ambassador to France and finally Ambassador to the United States from January 2012 to January 2016,succeeding Sir Nigel Sheinwald,a posting announced by the Prime Minister's Office on 24 June 2011.
Michael Hastings Jay,Baron Jay of Ewelme,is a British politician and former diplomat. He sits as a Crossbench member of the House of Lords,and previously served as Ambassador to France and Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Peter Forbes Ricketts,Baron Ricketts,is a retired British senior diplomat and a life peer. He has sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords since 2016.
Patrick Richard Henry Wright,Baron Wright of Richmond,was a British diplomat who served as Head of HM Diplomatic Service.
Sir Geoffrey Doyne Adams served as the British Ambassador to Egypt from 2018 to 2021,as a member of the British Diplomatic Service. He was Ambassador to the Netherlands from 2013 to 2017.
Sir Brian Geoffrey Bender was a British civil servant,who served as the Permanent Secretary of three departments,two of which were re-organised whilst he was at their helm.
Sir Robert John Sawers FRUSI is a British intelligence officer,diplomat and civil servant. He was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6),a position he held from November 2009 until November 2014. He was previously the British Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 2007 to November 2009.
Dame Susan Jane Owen is a former British civil servant,economist and former academic. She served as the Permanent Secretary for the Department for Digital,Culture,Media and Sport from October 2013 until her retirement in March 2019.
Sir John Gilbert Laithwaite was a British civil servant and diplomat,born and raised in Ireland. He reached the top of his profession,becoming Permanent Secretary of the Commonwealth Relations Office in 1955.
Sir Mark Justin Lyall Grant,is a former senior British diplomat who was previously the United Kingdom's National Security Adviser and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations.
Mark Philip Sedwill,Baron Sedwill,is a British diplomat and senior civil servant who served as Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Home Civil Service to Prime Ministers Theresa May and Boris Johnson from 2018 to 2020. He also served as the United Kingdom National Security Adviser from 2017 to 2020. He was previously the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2009 to 2010 and the NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan in 2010. He was the Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from February 2013 to April 2017.
Sir Simon Lawrance Gass is a British civil servant. He chaired the Joint Intelligence Committee from 2019 to 2023 and served as the British Prime Minister's representative on Afghanistan from 2021 to 2022 concurrently. Between 2018 and 2019,he was the Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies. During his diplomatic career,he served as British ambassador to Greece and to Iran. In May 2023,it was announced he was stepping down as Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and succeeded by Madeleine Alessandri.
Sir Martin Eugene Donnelly,is a British former civil servant. He was Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Trade,until leaving the Civil Service on 24 March 2017.
Sir John Alexander Noble Graham,4th Baronet,was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Iraq,Iran and NATO.
Sir John Adam Thomson,was a British diplomat who served as High Commissioner to India and Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Simon Gerard McDonald,Baron McDonald of Salford,is a British former diplomat who was the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service until September 2020. He was the last professional head of the Foreign &Commonwealth Office before the creation of the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office. He has been the Master of Christ's College,Cambridge since September 2022.
Sir Philip Robert Barton is a British diplomat,currently the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office. He was previously British High Commissioner to India;he was High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2014 to 2016.
