Matthew Rycroft

Matthew Rycroft

Senior Diplomat and Civil Servant, UK Government

Sir Matthew Rycroft has recently started an advisory career in the private sector following 35 years as a UK Civil Servant. His most recent positions were as UK Ambassador to the United Nations in New York, Permanent Secretary of the Department for International Development, and most recently Permanent Secretary of the Home Office.

Before that he was the COO for the Foreign Office, the Prime Minister’s private secretary for foreign affairs, and the Ambassador to Bosnia.



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