He served as the First Secretary at the Israeli Embassy in Egypt (1994–1997) and as a Political Counselor in the Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN.

[5] In January 2021, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs nominated Govrin as Israel's permanent ambassador to Morocco after the two countries agreed to normalize ties in a US-brokered agreement in December 2020.

[6][7][8][9] On September 5, 2022, it was announced that Govrin was suspected, following a report by one of the employees,[10] of financial irregularities at the Israeli Mission in Morocco and sexual harassment[11][12][13] As a result, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs decided to return him to Israel for inquiry.

After the conclusion of the inquiry, Govrin's name was cleared and he resumed his diplomatic duty in Morocco on July 9, 2023.

As part of a settlement agreement, Shemesh and the Corporation deleted twenty-four publications on the matter and committed to refrain from reporting on Govrin's case in the future.