Press release
Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Libya: Martin Reynolds
Following his appointment in December 2024 to succeed Dr Martin Longden CMG OBE as His Majesty's Ambassador to the State of Libya, Mr Martin Reynolds CB CMG will now take up his new post during October 2025.
Curriculum Vitae
Full name Martin Alexander Baillie Reynolds
| Year | Role |
|---|---|
| 2023 to 2025 | Crisis response work and Arabic language training |
| 2019 to 2022 | No 10 Downing Street, Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister |
| 2019 | Tripoli, Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
| 2014 to 2018 | FCO, Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary |
| 2011 to 2014 | Pretoria, Deputy High Commissioner |
| 2008 to 2011 | Brussels, Counsellor – Trade, Development and Wider World |
| 2006 to 2008 | Brussels, First Secretary – Enlargement and Western Balkans |
| 2003 to 2005 | FCO, Head of EU Enlargement Team |
| 2001 to 2003 | FCO, Strategic Policy Adviser |
| 1999 to 2001 | Singapore, Second Secretary (Economic/Commercial/Inward Investment) |
| 1997 to 1999 | FCO, Overseas Territories Department |
| 1997 | Joined FCO |
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Published 17 October 2025