Simon Shercliff

Simon Shercliff CMG OBE (born 23 December 1972)[1] is a British diplomat, and Ambassador to Iran.[2]

Simon Shercliff

Shercliff was educated at Wells Cathedral School.[3] He graduated from the St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1995, with a degree in Earth Sciences.[4][5]

In the 2021 New Year Honours, Shercliff, then Director, National Security, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) "For services to British foreign policy and National Security."[6]

In August 2021, he became the British Ambassador to Iran.[7]

He is married to Emma Louise Shercliff, and they have two children.[7]

References
  1. "Shercliff, Simon, (born 23 Dec. 1972), HM Diplomatic Service; Ambassador to Iran, since 2021." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2007
  2. Wintour, Patrick (12 August 2021). "UK ambassador angers Iran with 'insulting' embassy photo gaffe". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. "Simon Shercliff – from Wells to the world (and back)". Wells Cathedral School. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. "Simon Shercliff CMG OBE". FCO. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  5. "New Year Honours for Catz alumni". St Catharine’s College. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. "The New Year Honours 2021". GOV.UK. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran: Simon Shercliff". FCO. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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