Honorific Prefix: | His Excellency |
Charles Hay | |
Office: | High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia |
Term Start: | April 2019 |
Term End: | August 2023 |
Primeminister: | Theresa May Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak |
Predecessor: | Victoria Treadell |
Successor: | Ailsa Terry |
Office1: | British Ambassador to South Korea |
Term Start1: | February 2015 |
Term End1: | March 2018 |
Monarch1: | Elizabeth II |
Primeminister1: | David Cameron Theresa May |
Predecessor1: | Scott Wightman |
Successor1: | Simon Smith |
Birth Name: | Charles Hay |
Nationality: | British |
Occupation: | Diplomat |
Spouse: | Pascale Sutherland |
Allegiance: | United Kingdom |
Serviceyears: | 1987-1993 |
Rank: | Captain |
Charles John Hay, (born 22 September 1965) is a former High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia, having been appointed in April 2019. He is the former British Ambassador to South Korea.[1]
Hay joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1993.
From 2015 to 2018, he served as British Ambassador to South Korea.[2]
On 8 November 2018, Hay was announced as the next High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia, in succession to Victoria Treadell. He took up the post in April 2019.[3]