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PRESS RELEASE : Appointment of the Head of British Office Sudan and UK Special Representative to Sudan [September 2024]

The press release issued by the Foreign Office on 13 September 2024.

Richard Crowder has been appointed as Head of British Office Sudan and UK Special Representative to Sudan in succession to Mr Giles Lever.

Curriculum vitae

Full name: Richard Crowder

Year Role
2022 to 2024  Full Time Arabic Language Training, London and Amman
2020 to 2022 Deputy Director, FCDO London
2017 to 2020 Islamabad, Deputy High Commissioner
2014 to 2016 FCO, Deputy Director, Europe Directorate
2011 to 2014 FCO, Head, Economics Unit
2007 to 2011 Brussels, Seconded to Policy Unit, Council of the European Union and then External Action Service.
2006 to 2007 Masters in Public Administration, Harvard Kennedy School
2002 to 2006 FCO, Head, Gibraltar Team, Europe Directorate
1999 to 2002 Moscow, Second Secretary
1997 to 1998 FCO, Desk Officer, Birmingham G8 Summit
1996 to 1997 FCO, Desk Officer, Africa Great Lakes
1996 Joined FCO