Preceded by Sir Brian Fall Nationality British Succeeded by Sir Roderic Lyne Name Andrew Wood | Preceded by Sir Kenneth Scott Role Diplomat Succeeded by Sir Peter Hall | |
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President Boris Yeltsin
Vladimir Putin Born 2 January 1940 (age 84) ( 1940-01-02 ) Books Change Or Decay: Russia's Dilemma and the West's Response Education King's College, Cambridge, Ardingly College | ||
Sir Andrew Marley Wood GCMG (born 2 January 1940) is a former British diplomat.
Born in Gibraltar, Wood was educated at Ardingly College and King’s College, Cambridge. In 1964, he was posted to Moscow by the British Diplomatic Service. Following a range of diplomatic posts he served as British Ambassador to Yugoslavia from 1985 to 1989. From 1995 to 2000 Wood served as British Ambassador to Russia and Moldova before retiring from diplomatic service.
In addition to diplomatic service, Wood has served on the boards or executive councils of several institutions, including the PBN Company, the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce, the Foreign & Colonial Investment Trust, for which he was director, and the Britain Russia Centre, which he chaired. He has been Senior Advisor to or on the advisory boards of the PBN Company, Ernst & Young, Renaissance Capital, and the British Consultants’ Bureau. He also advised then British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Russian investment issues. He was made GCMG in 2000, having been made KCMG in 1995 and CMG in 1986.