Paul Madden (diplomat)
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Paul Madden CMG FRGS |
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| United Kingdom Ambassador to Japan | |
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Assumed office January 2017 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Tim Hitchens |
| British High Commissioner to Australia | |
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In office 2011–2015 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Baroness Amos |
| Succeeded by | Menna Rawlings |
| British High Commissioner to Singapore | |
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In office 2007–2011 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
Tony Blair Gordon Brown David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Sir Alan Collins |
| Succeeded by | Antony Phillipson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
25 April 1959 Devon, England |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah |
| Children | Three teenage children |
| Alma mater |
University of Cambridge Durham University SOAS |
Paul Damian Madden CMG FRGS (born 25 April 1959) is a British diplomat, who has been High Commissioner to Singapore and to Australia, and Ambassador to Japan since January 2017.
Madden was educated at The King's School, Ottery St Mary, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he gained a BA degree in economic geography (later upgraded to MA). He has a Master of Business Administration degree from Durham University. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Madden began his career in the Department of Trade and Industry where he was Private Secretary to the Minister 1984–86. He then studied Japanese at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and at Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, before joining the Diplomatic Service. He served at the Embassy in Tokyo 1988–92, at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), dealing with EU enlargement and Environmental issues, 1992–96, and at the Embassy in Washington, D.C. 1996–2000. He was Deputy High Commissioner in Singapore 2000–03, Assistant Director of Information at the FCO 2003–04, and Managing Director at UK Trade & Investment 2004–06. He was British High Commissioner in Singapore 2007–11 and High Commissioner to Australia 2011–15.
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