Career history

HM Ambassador's Biography

Full Name: Matthew Steven Gould
Date of Birth: 20 Aug 1971
Married to: Celia Jane Leaberry Gould
Children: Rachel Elizabeth, born April 2011.

• September 2010-Present: HM Ambassador, Tel Aviv
• July 2007-2010: FCO, Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary
• April 2007-July 2007: Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the Prime Minister
• 2005-2007: Washington, Foreign and Security Policy Counsellor
• 2003-2005: Tehran, Deputy Head of Mission
• 2002-2003: Islamabad, Political Counsellor
• 1999-2001: FCO, Deputy Head of Consular Division
• 1997-1999: FCO, Speech Writer to the Foreign Secretary (Robin Cook)
• 1994-1997: Manila, Second Secretary
• 1993-1994: FCO, Assistant Desk Officer (NATO/Bosnia), Security Policy Department
• 1993: Joined FCO