Mark Gooding OBE

Biography

Mr Mark Gooding OBE became HM Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand in July 2021.

Mark joined the FCO in 1999 and has spent his career working mostly on Europe and Asia. His previous FCO roles include Director Covid (Repatriations), Director EU (Future Partnership), Deputy Director Europe, Minister Counsellor (Political) at the British Embassy in Beijing, British Ambassador to Cambodia, British Deputy High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives, and Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary.

Mark holds a Master’s Degree in Modern Languages from Oxford University. He speaks Thai, Mandarin Chinese, French, German, and Spanish.

Previous roles in government

• British Ambassador to Thailand
  • 2021 to 2026
• British Ambassador to Cambodia
  • 2011 to 2013

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• Remembrance Day
  • 11 November 2014
  • Speech
• Hongkong Land groundbreaking ceremony
  • 06 September 2013
  • Speech
• UK Ambassador Mark Gooding's speech at official launch of first Costa Coffee outlet in Cambodia
  • 01 March 2013
  • Speech
• UK Ambassador Mark Gooding's keynote address at 2013 UK Education Fair
  • 24 January 2013
  • Speech

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