Andrew Mitchell

Andrew Jonathan Mitchell (born 7 March 1967) is a British ambassador and civil servant. From 4 September 2024, he has served as the British ambassador to Germany.

Early life Mitchell was educated at St Mary's College, Crosby, and Queen's College, Oxford, where he held the Laming Scholarship and a College Bursary. In 1990 he graduated BA in Modern Languages, with first class honours, and won the Markham Prize.

Career Mitchell joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1991, serving in Bonn and Kathmandu as well as in the UK. He was appointed British Ambassador to Sweden in 2007, serving for four years. He then moved to the private sector, working as international director for M-Integrated Solutions for three years from 2015,

In 2020, Mitchell moved to the Department for International Trade as director-general overseeing "markets and supply chains", from 2021 "exports and UK trade", and from 2023 "domestic and international markets and exports" in the renamed Department for Business and Trade.