Mark Bryson-Richardson

Bryson-Richardson served in London as the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office's Director covering the UK's development and humanitarian programmes across the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe.

[1] He served as director of the Stabilisation Unit for the British government.

[3] In 2023, he was in office when Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh visited Iraq, becoming the first British royal to do so.

[4] In office he had particular focus on climate change and water scarcity.

[6] In December 2023, became the Foreign Secretary’s Representative for Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, with a particular focus on the UK's humanitarian effort in Gaza amid the Israel-Gaza conflict.