Sir David Richmond

Former UK Special Representative to Iraq and Director General for Intelligence and Security, FCO

Sir David Richmond is a strategist with over 30 years of experience as a diplomat.

His career included postings to New York, where he worked on the UN Security Council. During time spent in Brussels as the UK Representative to the EU’s Political and Security Committee he played an important role in the creation of European Security and Defence Policy and the launch of the EU’s first peace-keeping missions.

In 2003 he returned to Baghdad (where he had first been posted 20 years earlier) and was later appointed UK Special Representative for Iraq. In his last posting he returned to London as Director General Defence and Intelligence and member of the Foreign Office Board.

He helps Sans Frontières’ clients to develop and implement communications strategies in complex and often volatile international environments. He has extensive knowledge of international political, economic and security issues, notably the Middle East and the European Union.