Martin Reynolds (civil servant)

Martin Reynolds CMG is a British civil servant, formerly ambassador to Libya, currently Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.

Martin Reynolds
CMG
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
Assumed office
1 October 2019
Prime MinisterBoris Johnson
Preceded byPeter Hill
British Ambassador to Libya
In office
April 2019 – September 2019
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTheresa May
Boris Johnson
Preceded byFrank Baker
Succeeded byNicholas Hopton
Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
In office
December 2014 – January 2018
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Preceded byThomas Drew
Succeeded byJonathan Sinclair
Personal details
Alma materGonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Early life

Reynolds was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he gained a master's degree in Law.[1]

Career

Before entering government, Reynolds worked as a lawyer in London.[2]

Becoming a diplomat, Reynolds served at the British High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa as Deputy High Commissioner between July 2011 and November 2014.[3][4]

From December 2014 to January 2018, he was Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, for part of that time while Boris Johnson was Foreign Secretary.[5][6]

Reynolds was Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Libya for five months between April and September 2019.[6][7] In July 2019, Boris Johnson became prime minister, and Peter Hill resigned as Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. Reynolds was recalled from his overseas posting and took up that post at 10 Downing Street in October 2019.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Martin Reynolds LinkedIn Profile". LinkedIn. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  2. "Martin Reynolds Government Profile". Gov.uk. UK Government. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  3. "Deputy High Commissioner Martin Reynolds's speech at C5's Forum on Anti-Corruption - Southern Africa". Gov.uk. UK Government. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. "British High Commission Pretoria". Gov.uk. UK Government. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  5. "Birthday 2018 Diplomatic Service and Overseas List" (PDF). Official Government Document. UK Government. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  6. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Libya - April 2019". Gov.uk. UK Government. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  7. Zaptia, Sami (4 April 2019). "Martin Reynolds appointed new UK ambassador to Libya from April". Libya Herald. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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