Barney Smith

Lloyd Barnaby "Barney" Smith CMG (born 21 July 1945) is a retired British ambassador, now chairman of Coastal Energy.

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 has been editor of Asian Affairs since 2005. He has been a non-executive director since 2006, and chairman since 2011, of Coastal Energy, an oil and gas company working in Thailand and Malaysia.^[1]

References

SMITH, Lloyd Barnaby, (Barney), Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012

↑ Coastal Energy: Board of Directors

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Timothy George	British Ambassador to Nepal 1995–1999	Succeeded by Ronald Nash
Preceded by Sir James Hodge	British Ambassador to Thailand 2000–2003	Succeeded by David Fall
Preceded by Sir James Hodge	British Ambassador to Laos (non-resident) 2000–2003	Succeeded by David Fall

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