Neil Wigan
Neil Wigan | |
|---|---|
| British High Commissioner to Kenya | |
| In office 16 August 2023 – 31 August 2025 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Jane Marriott |
| British Ambassador to Israel | |
| In office 13 June 2019 – 16 August 2023 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | David Quarrey |
| Succeeded by | Simon Walters |
| British Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo | |
| In office 2010–2013 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Kay |
| Succeeded by | Diane Corner |
| Personal details | |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford University of London Johns Hopkins University |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
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Desmond Patrick Neil Wigan CVO OBE is a British diplomat who served as British High Commissioner to Kenya from 2023 to 2025. He previously served as the UK Ambassador to Somalia from 2013 to 2015. He also served as the British ambassador to Israel, June 2019 to June 2023, replacing David Quarrey. In June 2023, he was appointed the British High Commissioner to Kenya, replacing Jane Marriott, who was appointed as British High Commissioner to Pakistan. He left his post in 2025 to become Director General Strategy and Delivery at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO).[1]