Iain Lindsay OBE

Biography

Mr Iain Lindsay OBE was UK Ambassador to Hungary from 2016 to 2020. He previously held the position of Her Majesty’s Ambassador in Manama from 2011 to 2015.

Iain joined the FCDO in 1980 and has spent much of his career in Asia Pacific, serving in Tokyo (twice), Hong Kong and Canberra. He was Deputy Head of Mission and Political Counsellor in Bucharest from 2003-7, working on Romania’s accession to NATO and the EU. Prior to that Iain served as a foreign policy adviser to the Romanian Foreign Minister. He was Deputy Head of Mission and Director, Trade and Investment at the British Consulate General in Hong Kong from 2007-11. The Queen awarded him an OBE in 2002.

Previous roles in government

• British Ambassador to Hungary
  • 2016 to 2020
• British Ambassador to Bahrain
  • 2011 to 2015

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• Townhall meeting for British nationals - opening remarks
  • 14 January 2019
  • Speech
• HM Ambassador’s speech to the Bahrain British Business Forum
  • 17 June 2015
  • Speech
• HM Ambassador’s speech to the St Christopher’s Cathedral annual dinner
  • 01 June 2015
  • Speech
• HM Ambassador’s speech to the GREAT advanced engineering and innovation event
  • 19 April 2015
  • Speech
• HM Ambassador’s speech to the Causeway Institute international’s alumni event
  • 04 March 2015
  • Speech
• HM Ambassador’s speech to the GCC youth justice workshop
  • 16 February 2015
  • Speech
• HM Ambassador’s speech to the Bahrain British Business Forum
  • 10 December 2014
  • Speech
• HM Ambassador’s speech to the Bahrain British Business Forum
  • 13 December 2013
  • Speech
• UK-Bahrain Business Forum
  • 24 April 2013
  • Speech

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