Matthew John Lushington Kirk (born 10 October 1960) is a British businessman and former diplomat. He was the
British Ambassador to Finland from 22 August 2002, until he resigned from the Diplomatic Service in 2006 to take up a position as Director of External Relationships for
Vodafone.
The youngest son of former
Conservative MP Sir
Peter Michael Kirk, he was educated at
Felsted School and
St John's College, Oxford
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded as a men's college in 1555, it has been coeducational since 1979.Communication from Michael Riordan, college archivist Its founder, Sir Thomas White, intended to pro ...
. In 1989, he married Anna Thérèse Macey, with whom he has two daughters.
References
External links
British Embassy, Helsinki (during tenure of Matthew Kirk)
1960 births
Living people
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Finland
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