British Deputy High Commissioner and Development Director to Malawi

Ben Nicholson

Biography

Biography

Ben is a career diplomat and development professional. Ben Nicholson has been Deputy High Commissioner and Development Director to Malawi since July 2025.

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Curriculum vitae

2023 to 2025 British Office Sudan, Deputy Head of Mission & Consul General
2021 to 2023 British Embassy Khartoum, Development, Regional Politics & Communications Team Leader
2019 to 2021 British High Commission Yaoundé, Development Counsellor
2017 to 2019 British Embassy Ankara, Department for International Development (DFID) Country Representative
2014 to 2017 British High Commission Abuja, DFID States Representative and latterly also Deputy Head of Regional Team
2012 to 2013 DFID, Various roles working in Humanitarian Response, High Level Panel for SDGs and Humanitarian Policy Manager on Violence Against Women & Girls
2008 to 2011 Ministry of Justice, Various roles working in constitutional, judicial and international policy

Previous roles in government

  • Deputy Head of Mission & Consul General, British Office Sudan

  • 2023 to 2025

British Deputy High Commissioner and Development Director to Malawi

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office