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[[File:Mark Kent - 2017 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Mark Kent in 2017.]]
'''Mark Andrew Geoffrey Kent''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CMG}} (born [[Spilsby]] 14 January 1966)<ref name='whoswho'>{{cite web |title=Kent, Mark Andrew Geoffrey |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U246687 |website=[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]] |publisher=[[A & C Black]] |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U246687 |access-date=10 October 2024}}</ref> is a British businessman and former diplomat<ref>{{cite news |title=Former ambassador to lead Scotch whisky body |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-59432105 |access-date=10 October 2024 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=26 November 2021}}</ref> who served as [[List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Argentina|UK ambassador to Argentina]] from 2016 to 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=UK ambassador in Argentina presents credentials: new chapter in relations? |url=https://en.mercopress.com/2016/07/25/uk-ambassador-in-argentina-presents-credentials-new-chapter-in-relations |access-date=10 October 2024 |work=MercoPress |date=25 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kirsty Hayes to be the next United Kingdom Ambassador to Argentina |url=https://en.mercopress.com/2020/12/04/kirsty-hayes-to-be-the-next-united-kingdom-ambassador-to-argentina |access-date=10 October 2024 |work=MercoPress |date=4 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Grainger |first1=James |title=God save the King of the Redes: Ambassador Mark Kent bids farewell to Argentina |url=https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/god-save-the-king-of-the-redes-ambassador-mark-kent-bids-farewell-to-argentina.phtml |access-date=19 October 2024 |work=[[Buenos Aires Times]] |date=26 June 2021}}</ref>

Kent was educated at [[Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle]] before he read law at [[Lincoln College, Oxford]],<ref name='whoswho'/> graduating in 1986.<ref name="Imprint">{{cite news |title=The changing face of diplomacy and Covid-19 |url=https://lincoln.ox.ac.uk/asset/imprint-2020-web.pdf |access-date=19 October 2024 |work=Lincoln Imprint |publisher=Lincoln College, Oxford |date=September 2020}}</ref> He joined [[Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service]] in 1987. He  served in [[Brasilia]],<ref name="Imprint"/> [[Brussels]], [[Mexico City]] and [[Casteau]] before being appointed [[List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Vietnam|Ambassador to Vietnam]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=New British Ambassador in Argentina |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-british-ambassador-in-argentina |access-date=10 October 2024 |work=[[gov.uk]] |date=25 July 2016}}</ref> From 2012 to 2016 he was [[List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Thailand|Ambassador to Thailand]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chotechuang |first1=Nuthatai |title=UK envoy tackles the local lingo |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30192311 |access-date=19 October 2024 |work=[[The Nation (Thailand)|The Nation]] |date=14 October 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ashayagachat |first1=Achara |title=The workaholic ambassador |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/life/social-and-lifestyle/710848/the-workaholic-ambassador |access-date=17 October 2024 |work=[[Bangkok Post]] |date=29 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wedel |first1=Jinda |title=Tongue Thai-ed: Ambassador Mark Kent |url=https://www.prestigeonline.com/id/people-events/tongue-thai-ed-ambassador-mark-kent/ |access-date=10 October 2024 |work=Prestige |date=30 December 2015}}</ref>

Kent was appointed [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG) in the [[2020 Birthday Honours]] for services to British foreign policy.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63135|supp=y|page=B4|date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

In 2021, Kent was appointed the ninth Chief Executive of the [[Scotch Whisky Association]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Findlay |first1=Keith |title=Multilingual former ambassador to Argentina taking up the reins at Scotch Whisky Association |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/scotland-business/3703053/multilingual-former-ambassador-to-argentina-taking-up-the-reins-at-scotch-whisky-association/ |access-date=19 October 2024 |work=[[The Press and Journal]] |date=26 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scotch-whisky.org.uk/newsroom/swa-announces-mark-kent-as-new-chief-executive/ | title=SWA announces Mark Kent as new Chief Executive }}</ref> He has been Executive Chair of the Vietnam-UK Network since April 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the team |url=https://vietnamuknetwork.org.uk/meet-the-team/ |publisher=Vietnam-UK Network |access-date=10 October 2024}}</ref>

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