Kumar Iyer
Kumar Iyer | |
|---|---|
| Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN in Geneva | |
| Assumed office July 2025 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
| Prime Minister | Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Simon Manley |
| Personal details | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Durham University Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Harvard University |
Kumar Sabapathy Iyer CMG is a British economist and diplomat. He is currently the United Kingdom’s Ambassador & Permanent Representative to the United Nations, World Trade Organisation and other International Organisations based in Geneva.
The UK’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative oversees the work of the UK Mission in Geneva and represents the United Kingdom in its engagement with over 35 international organisations, agencies and offices based in the city. These include the UN Human Rights Council, the World Trade Organization, the World Health Organization, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Telecommunication Union, the World Intellectual Property Office, the Conference on Disarmament, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, CERN, and the World Economic Forum.
His career has been split between the private sector, public sector and academia.