Robin Barnett has been British ambassador in Bucharest since June 2006. His previous experience includes two postings in Poland. Initially, during the communist era in the early 1980's and later as Deputy Head of Mission from 1998 to 2001 during which time Poland joined NATO and was preparing to join the EU

Robin has also served in Vienna where he helped negotiate the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty and in the United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations in New York, where he focussed on global development issues.

Robin has experience of helping national and local administrations to improve their capacity and effectiveness, which he is using here in Romania, not least by promoting practical partnerships between British and Romanian regions and towns.