Our directorates
These are the FCO's eight directorates and the departments they contain and who runs them.
Europe & Globalisation
Director General: Simon Fraser
Africa
- Equatorial
- Southern
- Pan Africa policy
- Sudan
Director: Andrew Lloyd
EU
- economic & Central Europe
- enlargement & South Eastern Europe
- future of Europe
- justice & home affairs
Director: Shan Morgan
European political affairs
- common foreign & security policy
- western Balkans
- western Mediterranean
- external relations
- Turkey & Cyprus
Director: Anthony Smith
Global and economic issues
- climate change & energy
- sustainable development and business
- global economy
- science & innovation
Director: Scott Wightman
Asia Pacific
- Far Eastern
- South East Asia & pacific
Director: Sebastian Wood
Defence & Intelligence
Director General: Mariot Leslie
Defence & strategic threats
- counter proliferation
- counter terrorism policy
- drugs & international crime
- security policy (nuclear & arms control)
Director: Simon Manley
Overseas territories
- Southern Oceans
- Caribbean, Bermuda & policy
- Polar regions
Director: Colin Roberts
America
- Caribbean, Mexico & Central America
- North America
- South America
Director: Chris Wood
Political
Director General: Mark Lyall Grant
Russia, South Caucasus and Central Asia
Director: Michael Davenport
Asia
- Sri Lanka, Bangladesh & the Maldives
- India, Nepal & Bhutan
- Indo-Pakistan relations
- Shanghai Expo 2010
Director: John Dennis
Middle East and North Africa
- Arabian Peninsular
- Arab/Israel & North Africa
- Iran co-ordinator
- Iraq
Director: John Jenkins
International Security
- security policy
- conflict issues
- UN & other international organisations
- human rights, democracy and governance
- Commonwealth
Director: Stephen Pattison
South Asia and Afghanistan
- Afghanistan
- South Asia
- Afghan drugs interdepartmental unit
Director: Adam Thomson
Information and Technology
Chief Information Officer: Tony Mather
- information, strategy & management
- information assurance
- enterprise architecture
- programmes
- IT resources & contracts management
- IT service operations
Permanent Under-Secretary
Permanent Under-Secretary: Peter Ricketts
Communications
- press office
- speech writers
- internal communications
- public diplomacy
- strategic communications
- UK stakeholder outreach
Director: Lucian Hudson
Other areas reporting to the Permanent Under-Secretary
• policy planners
• research analysts
• legal adviser
• Special representative for climate change
Change and Delivery
Director General: James Bevan
Change Unit
Director: Louise Boyle
Protocol
- ceremonial section
- conferences & events
- diplomatic and VIP security
- diplomatic missions & international organisations
- government hospitality
- honours secretariat
- Royal households secretariat
- visits
Director: Sarah Gillett
Human resources
- HR operations
- Radical
- corporate services
Director: Susan Le Jeune
Consular services
- assistance
- crises
- passports & documentary services
- strategy, communications and training
- resources
Director: Rob Macaire
Migration
Director: Judith Macgregor
- UK Border Agency
- network operations
- business development
- corporate services
Director: Mark Sedwill
Diversity and equality
Advisor: Michael Shearer
Finance
Director General: Keith Luck
Shared services
Director: Diane Corner
FCO Services
- business development
- estate & security
- finance
- human resources
- ICT
- services & logistics
Director: Chris Moxey
Security and estates
- estates strategy
- major estates projects
- home estate
- overseas security
- home security
- personnel security
- technical security
- security training
Director: Andrew Noble
Other finance areas
- comprehensive spending review
- financial planning
- financial skills
- five star finance
- internal audit
- procurement strategy
- resource accounting
- trading fund
UK Trade and & Investment (including from 1st April 08, UKTI Defence & Security Organisation)
Chief Executive: Andrew Cahn
Deputy Chief Executive: Susan Haird
Sectors and Interim Head of UKTI DSO
Managing Director: Dominic Jermey
Marketing
Managing Director: Danny Lopez
Finance
Director of Finance: Curtis Juman
Business
Managing Director: Brian Shaw
Contact us
Main switchboard / General enquiries
020 7008 1500
FCO head office
King Charles Street
London SW1A 2AH