Wayne McCook

Wayne McCook (born 9 March 1961) is a Jamaican lawyer and career diplomat who was Jamaican first resident ambassador to China and served as Jamaica's permanent representative to the United Nations offices in Geneva, Switzerland and Rome, Italy.

[3] In 1995, he obtained a Certificate in Legal Education from Norman Manley Law School, University of the West Indies, Jamaica, and a master's degree in International Relations from Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA.

McCook began his diplomatic career in 1984 as Administrative Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and became Information Attaché to Jamaican High Commission in Ottawa, Canada from 1985 to 1987 when he was transferred to Jamaican embassy in Washington, DC serving in same position until 1993.

[4][failed verification] From 1996 to 1998, he was Deputy Permanent Representative and Minister, Permanent Mission of Jamaica to the United Nations office in New York and Deputy Chief of Mission and Minister, Embassy of Jamaica, Washington, D.C. between 1998 and 2001 and served in several senior positions in the ministry of foreign affairs until 2007.

[5][failed verification] On 26 June 2008, McCook was appointed first Jamaican resident ambassador to the People's Republic of China and served concurrently as Jamaican non-resident ambassador to Laos, Vietnam, The Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Thailand and as nonresident High Commissioner to Pakistan and Bangladesh.