David Carter (born 4 May 1945) is a former British diplomat who is an academic at Cambridge University.
[3] Carter joined Research Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1970.
[2] He returned to the FCO in 1983 and was appointed South Africa desk officer in Southern African Department.
[2] In 1986, he was posted to Lusaka as Deputy High Commissioner and Head of Chancery.
[2] In 2005, returning to academia, Carter went to Birmingham University as Deputy Director at the Centre for Studies in Security and Diplomacy, moving to Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge as Bursar in July 2006.