Barney Smith (diplomat)
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Lloyd Barnaby "Barney" Smith {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CMG}} (born 21 July 1945) is a retired British diplomat.
Career
Smith was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and Brasenose College, Oxford. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1968 and served in Bangkok, Paris, Dublin, Brussels and Bangkok (with a year at the École nationale d'administration in Paris). He was ambassador to Nepal 1995–99 and ambassador to Thailand (concurrently non-resident ambassador to Laos) 2000–03. He was editor of Asian Affairs 2005–16. He was a non-executive director 2006–14, and chairman 2011–14, of Coastal Energy, an oil and gas company working in Thailand and Malaysia{{cite web |url=http://www.coastalenergy.com/about-us/board-of-directors.html|title=Coastal Energy: Board of Directors |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909094027/http://www.coastalenergy.com/about-us/board-of-directors.html |archivedate=9 September 2013}} which was bought by CEPSA in 2014.
References
- [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U35424 SMITH, Lloyd Barnaby, (Barney)], Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, 2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2015)
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Category:People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
Category:Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
Category:Members of HM Diplomatic Service
Category:École nationale d'administration alumni
Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Nepal
Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Thailand