Sir Derek Plumbly KCMG (born 15 May 1948) is a British diplomat who has served throughout the Arab world.
After graduating, Plumbly signed up for Voluntary Service Overseas and taught for a year and a half in Sukkur in Pakistan's Sindh province.
[1] In 2011, he was appointed as the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL); he served in this position from 2012 to 2015.
Since 2015 he has chaired the Arab British Centre, standing down in 2023, and been a visiting professor at King’s College London.
Plumbly was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the Gulf War Honours List in 1991 [3] and Knight Commander (KCMG) in 2000 [4] He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Loughborough University in 2008.