Martin Donnelly
Martin Donnelly has been an executive member of the FCO Board since March 2004, with responsibility for 640 staff, a £140 million budget and the strategic management of UK posts in 66 countries. As FCO Director General for Globalisation, he supervises the Africa, Asia-Pacific, Migration and Global & Economic Issues Directorates. He leads FCO work on the G8 and policy issues including energy, trade, climate security and business strategy. He chairs the FCO's Human Resources Committee.
Martin has wide experience of government and international issues: A range of senior posts in HM Treasury covering exchange rate, defence and European economic and financial issues; European Commission (Cabinet of Leon Brittan) responsible for work to set up the European internal market in financial services; Secondment to the French Finance Ministry managing government debt products; Deputy Head Cabinet Office European Secretariat (1997-2003), coordinating UK policy on European economic and business issues and developing the Lisbon economic reform agenda; Policy Director and Board Member Immigration & Nationality Directorate, Home Office (2003-2004) dealing with asylum and migration.
Martin studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford, International Economics at the College of Europe, Bruges, and Government at the Ecole Nationale d'Administration, Paris.
