Charles Hay (diplomat)

Charles John Hay, (born 22 September 1965) is the current High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia and has been in the posting since April 2019. He is the former British Ambassador to South Korea.

Diplomatic career
Hay joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1993.

From 2015 to 2018, he served as British Ambassador to South Korea.

On 8 November 2018, Hay was announced as the next High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia, in succession to Victoria Treadell. He took up the post in April 2019.