Scott Wightman

Andrew Scott Norman Wightman was a senior British civil servant and diplomat. Before his appointment as Director for External Affairs in the Scottish Government, Wightman was High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Singapore from 2015 to 2019, succeeding Antony Phillipson. Prior to this, Wightman was British Ambassador to South Korea between 2011 and January 2015.

He studied French at the University of Edinburgh.

Career

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Wightman joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1983. He has had several posts in China and Europe. He was FCO Director for Global and Economic Issues between 2006 and 2008, then Director for Asia Pacific until his first post as Ambassador to South Korea in 2011.

In February 2015, it was announced that Wightman would assume the post of the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Singapore in May 2015.

Scottish Civil Service

Wightman was appointed Director for External Affairs for the Scottish government in June 2019.