Ambassador Andrew Heyn CMG OBE studied at Manchester Metropolitan University from 1981-84, graduating with a degree in Social Sciences (Politics). He then joined the UK’s Foreign Office where he spent over 30 years, achieving senior Ambassadorial rank.

He served as British Consul-General in Hong Kong from 2016-20 and British Ambassador to Myanmar from 2009-13. He experienced at first hand the democratic reforms in Myanmar from 2010 onwards and the beginnings of the Rohingya crisis. He was in Hong Kong for the 2019 protest movement and the subsequent imposition of the new National Security Law by China in 2020. He is now a regular speaker and media expert commentator on Myanmar, Hong Kong and wider foreign policy and diplomatic issues.

He was awarded an OBE in 2013 and was made a CMG in 2020. He is an Honorary Fellow at St Hugh’s College Oxford and an Honorary Professor of Practice at The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen’s University Belfast.

He is married to Jane (also a Manchester Met alumnus). They have one daughter. His hobbies include tennis, gardening and cinema.

Andrew joined the Board of Governors on 29 March 2021 and is a member of the People, Finance and Resources Committee and Remuneration Committee.