Ian Whitting


Ian Robert Whitting is a British diplomat who was Ambassador to Montenegro from 2013 to 2017 and Ambassador to Iceland from 2008 to 2012.

Career

Whitting was educated at Chichester High School For Boys and joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1972. Between posts at the FCO, he served at Moscow, Tunis, Athens, Dublin and Abidjan. He returned to the embassy at Athens as
Director, EU and Economic Affairs, from 2003 to 2004 and Deputy Head of Mission and Consul General from 2005 to 2008. He was then appointed Ambassador to Iceland, an office he served in from 2008 to 2012, and took up his appointment as Ambassador to Montenegro in September 2013. In March 2017 the FCO announced that he was to transfer to another Diplomatic Service appointment.

Personal life

Whitting is married to Tracy. They have two daughters, Olivia and Isobel.