Wayne E. Neill

Wayne E. Neill (born 1957) is an American retired diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Benin from 2003 to 2006.

Neill was nominated as ambassador on March 5, 2003, and confirmed on April 16, 2003, succeeding Pamela Bridgewater. He left the post on July 22, 2006, his successor being Gayleatha Brown.

Consular career Neill's first postings were to Poznań, Budapest, Tunis and Riyadh and in 1993, he was given the post of U.S. Energy Adviser at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris. In 1997, he was assigned to the embassy in Cairo to be Political and Economic Counselor.

From 2000 to 2002, Neill was recalled to direct the Office of Regional and Security Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs. In 2002, he was appointed Special Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs.