John Malcolm Macgregor


John Malcolm Macgregor CVO is a retired British diplomat who was ambassador to Poland and Austria.

Career

John Malcolm Macgregor was educated at Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School and Balliol College, Oxford, then obtained a Certificate in Education at Birmingham University. He taught at Cranleigh School 1969–73, then joined the Diplomatic Service. Between posts at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office he served in New Delhi, Prague, Paris and Düsseldorf before being appointed ambassador to Poland 1998–2000 and to Austria 2003–07. He then retired from the Diplomatic Service and was dean of the University of Kent at Brussels 2007–09. Subsequently, he was a governor of Chichester University, and visiting professor at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and at Canterbury Christ Church University.

Family

John Malcolm Macgregor is married to Judith Macgregor, also a British ambassador. They have three sons and a daughter.