UK appoints new ambassador to Thailand

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Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Thailand: September 2020

 

Mr Mark Gooding OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand.

 

 

Mr Mark Gooding OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand in succession to Mr Brian Davidson. Mr Gooding will take up his appointment during summer 2021.

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Full name: Mark Gooding

 

Married to: Dr Christopher Patrick McCormick

 

2018 – 2019 FCO, Director, European Union (Future Partnership), Europe Directorate

 

2017 – 2018 FCO, Deputy Director (Europe North), Europe Directorate

 

2014 – 2017 Beijing, Minister Counsellor – Political

 

2011 – 2013 Phnom Penh, Her Majesty’s Ambassador

 

2008 – 2011 Colombo, Deputy High Commissioner and non-resident Deputy High Commissioner to Maldives

 

2006 – 2008 FCO, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State

 

2004 – 2006 FCO, Team Leader, EU Budget Team, Europe Directorate

 

2002 – 2004 Shanghai, Consul – Political, Economic and Press/Public Affairs

 

2000 – 2002 Full-time Language Training (Mandarin)

 

1999 – 2000 FCO, Desk Officer (Trade and Development), European Union Department (External)

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-thailand-september-2020

[Somtamnication]

Impressive CV. Help your countrymen, please and decrease the red tape. Thank you.

[Matzzon]

That´s great! Then everyone here have a new face to dislike and continue to tell all the fabels how their embassy don´t help them. 

Edited September 9, 2020 by Matzzon

[baansgr]

38 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

That´s great! Then everyone here have a new face to dislike and continue to tell all the fabels how their embassy don´t help them. 

Mostly because the income letters were stopped being issued. The updates on Covid and repatriation etc have been very good. Most of their work goes unseen hence why all the negative attitudes. Let's wish him luck in his new postition

[Matzzon]

9 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Mostly because the income letters were stopped being issued. The updates on Covid and repatriation etc have been very good. Most of their work goes unseen hence why all the negative attitudes. Let's wish him luck in his new postition

So, why complain about that? I mean income letter??? What possible need can you have? If the money is there, then just show them. No problem.

[2long]

No news on the reason to leave or the future of that Scottish fella (Brian), then?

[Moonlover]

1 hour ago, 2long said:

No news on the reason to leave or the future of that Scottish fella (Brian), then?

Ambassadors are rotated at regular intervals and no reason need be given.

 

Brian Davidson is not Scottish, He's from Northern Ireland.

[Orton Rd]

well looks like a step up from the recent standard, at least he has a tie on. Wish they still did leaving letters, part of the famous one in 1967

Sir Anthony Rumbold, Thailand, 1967: It is true that they have no literature, no painting and only a very odd kind of music, that their sculpture, their ceramics and their dancing are borrowed from others and that their architecture is monotonous and their interior decoration hideous.

Nobody can deny that gambling and golf are the chief pleasures of the rich and that licentiousness is the main pleasure of them all.

But it does a faded European good to spend some time among such a jolly, extrovert and anti-intellectual people

Edited September 10, 2020 by Orton Rd

[pixelaoffy]

2 minutes ago, bodga said:

Not  good  enough, he really should  also be disadvantaged or at least be physically challenged/disabled, preferably mixed  race from a one parent  family where one parent  was at least bi -trisexual.

I'm sure UK FCO tried 

[Rimmer]

Some off topic and troll posts have been removed

[baansgr]

2 hours ago, Matzzon said:

So, why complain about that? I mean income letter??? What possible need can you have? If the money is there, then just show them. No problem.

I don't use the income method so am not complaining. Some people have money transferred every quarter or 6 monthly, others with monthly transfers that do not show as a foreign exchange...not everyone needing the income letter did it for nevarious reasons.

[Matzzon]

2 minutes ago, baansgr said:

I don't use the income method so am not complaining. Some people have money transferred every quarter or 6 monthly, others with monthly transfers that do not show as a foreign exchange...not everyone needing the income letter did it for nevarious reasons.

Then all those people have to realize that they do not decide what is the right way for the possibility to stay in a foreign country and either show a lump sum or transfer every month with a FTT transfer code or equivalent. How hard can it be? Nah, it's much easier to blame you embassy than do the work needed. ???? 

[polpott]

11 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

Then all those people have to realize that they do not decide what is the right way for the possibility to stay in a foreign country and either show a lump sum or transfer every month with a FTT transfer code or equivalent. How hard can it be? Nah, it's much easier to blame you embassy than do the work needed. ???? 

Nah, it was much easier just to obtain an income letter from the Embassy, as most other Europeans do.

[theoldgit]

Two more troll posts removed.

[mickymouse1]

2 hours ago, 2long said:

No news on the reason to leave or the future of that Scottish fella (Brian), then?

There is a usual term of 3 years for all diplomatic posts. 55

[Matzzon]

29 minutes ago, polpott said:

Nah, it was much easier just to obtain an income letter from the Embassy, as most other Europeans do.

Yes, it was! Now no option. hhmmm. What do? Complain or abide?

[polpott]

1 minute ago, Matzzon said:

Yes, it was! Now no option. hhmmm. What do? Complain or abide?

Both.

[Baerboxer]

6 hours ago, Matzzon said:

That´s great! Then everyone here have a new face to dislike and continue to tell all the fabels how their embassy don´t help them. 

 

Better than people with no interest or access to the British Embassy wasting time posting fables about what doesn't affect them!

[Matzzon]

6 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Better than people with no interest or access to the British Embassy wasting time posting fables about what doesn't affect them!

It does affect me. It seriously hurt to see all the posts on a yearly basis. 

[evadgib]

6 hours ago, Matzzon said:

So, why complain about that? I mean income letter??? What possible need can you have? If the money is there, then just show them. No problem.

Why not submit your CV as suggested elsewhere so that you can show everyone in wireless road how it's done?

[polpott]

6 minutes ago, evadgib said:

Why not submit your CV as suggested elsewhere so that you can show everyone in wireless road how it's done?

Only Thais need apply.

[scubascuba3]

Let's see if he can do something useful and reinstate the income letters. If he does that he'll get immediate respect, if he doesn't it will be jobs for the boys and all that 

[Matzzon]

18 minutes ago, evadgib said:

Why not submit your CV as suggested elsewhere so that you can show everyone in wireless road how it's done?

What are you saying. Are there a population of foreigner that can´t show their income on Wireless Road? How can my CV help them?

 

And please point me in the direction where you say it was mentioned to submit any CV somewhere? The only thing in this thread was a respectful post that told the new ambassador had an impressive CV.

Edited September 10, 2020 by Matzzon

[crazykopite]

Hope he will be better than the present one somehow I doubt it ☹️

[evadgib]

4 minutes ago, Matzzon said:

What are you saying. Are there a population of foreigner that can´t show their income on Wireless Road? How can my CV help them?

 

And please point me in the direction where you say it was mentioned to submit any CV somewhere? The only thing in this thread was a respectful post that told the new ambassador had an impressive CV.

I guess that's a 'No!' ????

[evadgib]

11 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Let's see if he can do something useful and reinstate the income letters. If he does that he'll get immediate respect, if he doesn't it will be jobs for the boys and all that 

They aren't necessary. A 12 month local bank printout will suffice at a cost of 400 bhat. 

[stouricks]

3 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Yes, it was! Now no option. hhmmm. What do? Complain or abide?

I find that a monthly transfer via Transferwise is much easier.

[scubascuba3]

1 minute ago, evadgib said:

They aren't necessary. A 12 month local bank printout will suffice at a cost of 400 bhat. 

it would avoid all the jumping through unnecessary hoops of monthly payments around the same date

[Matzzon]

1 minute ago, stouricks said:

I find that a monthly transfer via Transferwise is much easier.

Yep, that´s what I am trying to state. Transferwise is one of the options. Good rate and very quick. No need for income letters.

[stouricks]

17 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Let's see if he can do something useful and reinstate the income letters. If he does that he'll get immediate respect, if he doesn't it will be jobs for the boys and all that 

And a job for his hubby?  pml