Andrew Mitchell | |
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British Ambassador to Germany | |
Monarch | Charles III |
Preceded by | Jill Gallard |
British Ambassador to Sweden | |
In office 2006–2011 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister |
Tony Blair Gordon Brown David Cameron |
Preceded by | Anthony Cary |
Succeeded by | Paul Johnston |
Personal details | |
Born | March 7, 1967 |
Andrew Jonathan Mitchell CMG (born 7 March 1967) is a British ambassador and civil servant. From September 2024, he will serve as British ambassador to Germany. [1]
Mitchell joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1991, serving in Bonn and Kathmandu as well as in the UK. [2] He was appointed British Ambassador to Sweden in 2007, serving for four years. [1]
Returning to the UK, Mitchell was the Foreign Office's director for the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Paralympics, and thence for prosperity for three years until 2014. [2] [3] He then moved to the private sector, working as international director for M-Integrated Solutions for three years from 2015, [1] before returning to government in 2018 as HM Trade Commissioner for Europe. [1] [4]
In 2020, Mitchell moved to the Department for International Trade as director-general overseeing "markets and supply chains", from 2021 "exports and UK trade", and from 2023 "domestic and international markets and exports" in the renamed Department for Business and Trade. [1] [2]
Mitchell was appointed a Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in New Year Honours for 2013, "for services to London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games". [5]