Neil Wigan is Director General Strategy and Delivery at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
Previously, Neil was His Majesty’s High Commissioner to the Republic of Kenya from July 2023 until September 2025 and Ambassador to the State of Israel from June 2019 to June 2023.
Neil also served as Director for Africa at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) from November 2015 to September 2018, British Ambassador to Somalia from June 2013 to July 2015, and British Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo from March 2010 to March 2013.
Neil has also worked in the Cabinet Office, working for the Prime Minister’s Foreign Policy Adviser, and on Middle Eastern and EU economic issues within the FCO.
Neil Wigan trustee term dates
First term: 30 September 2025 – 29 September 2028