'''Ian Proud''' was a member of the [[UK]] diplomatic service from 1999 to 2023. He was a senior officer at the British Embassy in [[Moscow]] from July 2014 to February 2019, at a time when UK-[[Russia]] relations were particularly tense. He performed a number of roles in Moscow, including as head of Chancery, Economic Counsellor - in charge of advising UK Ministers on [[Russian sanctions|economic sanctions]] - chair of the Crisis Committee, director of the Diplomatic Academy for [[Eastern Europe]] and [[Central Asia]] and vice chair of the Board at the [[Anglo-American]] School. He oversaw rebuilding the embassy staffing structures following the mass expulsion of staff that followed the March 2018 Salisbury nerve agent attack. | '''Ian Proud''' was a member of the [[UK]] diplomatic service from 1999 to 2023. He was a senior officer at the British Embassy in [[Moscow]] from July 2014 to February 2019, at a time when UK-[[Russia]] relations were particularly tense. He performed a number of roles in Moscow, including as head of Chancery, Economic Counsellor - in charge of advising UK Ministers on [[Russian sanctions|economic sanctions]] - chair of the Crisis Committee, director of the Diplomatic Academy for [[Eastern Europe]] and [[Central Asia]] and vice chair of the Board at the [[Anglo-American]] School. He oversaw rebuilding the embassy staffing structures following the mass expulsion of staff that followed the March 2018 Salisbury nerve agent attack. |