Ambassador Glyn Davies served for 38 years as a Foreign Service Officer in Australia, Africa, Europe, Asia, and in Washington, DC. He was nominated and confirmed by the Senate three times for ambassadorial assignments: Political Director for the 2003-04 U.S. Presidency of the G8; Permanent Representative to United Nations Agencies, Vienna (2009-2011); and Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand (2015-2018), where he helped launch the Great and Good Friends: Celebrating 200 Years of U.S.-Thai Relations exhibition at the Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles, believed to be the largest cultural diplomacy effort by any embassy to date. Other notable assignments included Deputy Chief of Mission, London during 9/11; Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (’97-’99); and Deputy Spokesman of the State Department (‘95-’97). A graduate of Georgetown University and the National War College, Ambassador (Retired) Davies is married and has two daughters, two granddaughters, and a new grandson. He lives in Washington, D.C.