Shan Morgan

Biography

Shan Morgan represented the UK on the Committee of the Deputy Representatives of the Member States (Coreper I) in the Council from 2012 to 2016.

Coreper I is responsible for policy and legislative negotiations covering employment, social policy, health and consumer affairs; competitiveness; transport, telecommunications and energy; agriculture and fisheries; environment and education, youth and culture.

Before starting at UKRep in July 2012, Shan was British Ambassador to Argentina and Paraguay (2008-2012). During this period she was appointed to the Foreign Office’s Board of Management.

In 1997, Shan was posted to the British Embassy in Paris as Labour and Social Affairs Attaché, before taking up her first appointment to the UK Representation in Brussels as the Counsellor responsible for Social, Environmental and Regional affairs.

Shan transferred to the Diplomatic Service in 2006 as Director European Union in the Foreign Office, responsible for negotiations on the Lisbon Treaty and management of the UK parliamentary process of ratification.

Shan’s early career focussed on employment and social affairs policy. She joined the Employment Department in 1977, working on youth and adult employment policy and on vocational education and training programmes in the Manpower Services Commission. Shan was seconded to the European Commission in Brussels (DG Employment & Social Affairs) from 1984 – 1987 to work on long term unemployment policy and local economic development (the LEDA programme). She held a variety of posts in the Employment Department, dealing with labour market policy, including in the National Training Task Force and the Government Office for London. From 1994-97 she was the UK Government delegate to the International Labour Organisation’s Governing Body.

Previous roles in government

  • Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU