Nicholas Westcott CMG (born 20 July 1956) is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS University of London.
[2] He joined the British diplomatic service in 1982, serving in the UK Representation to the European Union in Brussels from 1985 to 1989, as the Deputy High Commissioner in Tanzania (1993–1996), and as Minister-Counsellor in the Embassy of the United Kingdom, Washington, D.C. (1999–2002).
[7] In 2011, he was appointed as the first managing director for Africa in the EU's European External Action Service in Brussels, serving under the first High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton.
[10] In November 2017, Westcott returned to London to take up the role of director of the Royal African Society, and was appointed a research associate at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy as SOAS University of London He was made professor of practice in diplomacy in the Department of Politics in February 2023.
[11] He also sits on the boards of the African Center for Economic Transformation, based in Accra, Ghana, and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Collection at King's College London.