Dan Chugg CMG

Biography

Dan Chugg is the Director for North East Asia and China at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). His previous roles were:

2018 to 2021 British Ambassador to Myanmar (Burma)
2015 to 2018 Head, Counter-Daesh Communications Department, Communication Directorate
2014 to 2015 Head, ISIL Taskforce and Iraq Department, Middle East and North Africa Directorate
2010 to 2014 Beijing, Counsellor (Political)
2007 to 2010 New Delhi, First Secretary (Press and Communications)
2005 to 2007 Press Officer later Deputy Head of Press Office for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office
2001 to 2005 Hong Kong, Vice-Consul (Political)
1999 to 2001 Full time language training (Chinese)
1998 to 1999 Desk Officer, Hungary and Slovak Republic, Central European Department of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Previous roles in government

  • British Ambassador to Myanmar (Burma)