David Moran

David Moran is the CPC's UK Adviser. He was in the UK Foreign Office from 1985 to 2023 and served as British Ambassador to Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and (non-resident) to Liechtenstein and the Kyrgyz Republic. From May 2021 to August 2023 Mr Moran was the UK Government’s Regional Climate (COP26) and Energy Ambassador for Europe and Central Asia. His other posts were to Nairobi, Moscow, Paris (at the OECD), Tbilisi and Yerevan (in both cases as Chargé d’Affaires with the personal rank of Ambassador). Mr Moran’s many policy and operational roles in London included Head of the Foreign Office Global Economic Issues Department and Cabinet Office Deputy Director for Early Warning and Transnational Issues. Before joining the UK Civil Service he worked for the State of Oregon and as a professional blues pianist.