# Mark Kent

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{{Short description|British diplomat}}
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thumb|160px|Mark Kent in 2017
'''Mark Andrew Geoffrey Kent''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG}} (born [Spilsby](/source/Spilsby) 14 January 1966)<ref name='whoswho'>{{cite web |title=Kent, Mark Andrew Geoffrey |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U246687 |website=[Who's Who](/source/Who's_Who_(UK)) |publisher=[A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black) |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U246687 |access-date=10 October 2024}}</ref> is a British businessman and former diplomat<ref>{{cite news |title=Former ambassador to lead Scotch whisky body |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-59432105 |access-date=10 October 2024 |work=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News) |date=26 November 2021}}</ref> who served as [UK ambassador to Argentina](/source/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Argentina) from 2016 to 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=UK ambassador in Argentina presents credentials: new chapter in relations? |url=https://en.mercopress.com/2016/07/25/uk-ambassador-in-argentina-presents-credentials-new-chapter-in-relations |access-date=10 October 2024 |work=MercoPress |date=25 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Grainger |first1=James |title=God save the King of the Redes: Ambassador Mark Kent bids farewell to Argentina |url=https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/god-save-the-king-of-the-redes-ambassador-mark-kent-bids-farewell-to-argentina.phtml |access-date=19 October 2024 |work=[Buenos Aires Times](/source/Buenos_Aires_Times) |date=26 June 2021}}</ref>

Kent was educated at [Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle](/source/Queen_Elizabeth's_Grammar_School%2C_Horncastle) before he read law at [Lincoln College, Oxford](/source/Lincoln_College%2C_Oxford),<ref name='whoswho'/> graduating in 1986.<ref name="Imprint">{{cite news |title=The changing face of diplomacy and Covid-19 |url=https://lincoln.ox.ac.uk/asset/imprint-2020-web.pdf |access-date=19 October 2024 |work=Lincoln Imprint |publisher=Lincoln College, Oxford |date=September 2020}}</ref> He joined [Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service](/source/Her_Majesty's_Diplomatic_Service) in 1987. He served in [Brasília](/source/Bras%C3%ADlia),<ref name="Imprint"/> [Brussels](/source/Brussels), [Mexico City](/source/Mexico_City) and [Casteau](/source/Casteau) before being appointed [Ambassador to Vietnam](/source/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Vietnam) in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=New British Ambassador in Argentina |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-british-ambassador-in-argentina |access-date=10 October 2024 |work=[gov.uk](/source/gov.uk) |date=25 July 2016}}</ref> From 2012 to 2016 he was [Ambassador to Thailand](/source/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Thailand).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chotechuang |first1=Nuthatai |title=UK envoy tackles the local lingo |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30192311 |access-date=19 October 2024 |work=[The Nation](/source/The_Nation_(Thailand)) |date=14 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Wedel |first=Jinda |title=Tongue Thai-ed: Ambassador Mark Kent |url=https://www.prestigeonline.com/id/people-events/tongue-thai-ed-ambassador-mark-kent/ |access-date=10 October 2024 |work=Prestige |date=30 December 2015}}</ref>

Kent was appointed [Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George) (CMG) in the [2020 Birthday Honours](/source/2020_Birthday_Honours) for services to British foreign policy.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63135|supp=y|page=B4|date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

In 2021, Kent was appointed the ninth Chief Executive of the [Scotch Whisky Association](/source/Scotch_Whisky_Association).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Findlay |first1=Keith |title=Multilingual former ambassador to Argentina taking up the reins at Scotch Whisky Association |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/scotland-business/3703053/multilingual-former-ambassador-to-argentina-taking-up-the-reins-at-scotch-whisky-association/ |access-date=19 October 2024 |work=[The Press and Journal](/source/The_Press_and_Journal) |date=26 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/newsroom/swa-announces-mark-kent-as-new-chief-executive/ | title=SWA announces Mark Kent as new Chief Executive }}</ref> He has been Executive Chair of the Vietnam-UK Network since April 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the team |url=https://vietnamuknetwork.org.uk/meet-the-team/ |publisher=Vietnam-UK Network |access-date=10 October 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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{{s-ttl|title=[British Ambassador to Vietnam](/source/List_of_Ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Vietnam) |years=2007–2010}}
{{s-aft|after=[Antony Stokes](/source/Antony_Stokes)}}
{{s-bef|before=[Asif Ahmad](/source/Asif_Ahmad)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[British Ambassador to Thailand](/source/List_of_Ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Thailand) |years=2012–2016}}
{{s-aft|after=[Brian Davidson](/source/Brian_Davidson)}}
{{s-bef|before=[John Patrick George Freeman](/source/John_Freeman_(diplomat))}}
{{s-ttl|title=[British Ambassador to Argentina](/source/List_of_Ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Argentina)|years=2016–2021}}
{{s-aft|after=[Kirsty Hayes](/source/Kirsty_Hayes)}}
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Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Thailand
Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Argentina
Category:Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George

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