Mark Andrew Geoffrey Kent (b Spilsby 14 January 1966) has been UK ambassador to Argentina since 2016.
Kent was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle and Lincoln College, Oxford. He joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1987. He served in Brasilia, Brussels, Mexico City and Casteau before being appointed Ambassador to Vietnam in 2007. From 2012 to 2016 he was Ambassador to Thailand.