David Sydney Maddicott (born 27 March 1953) is a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to Cameroon 2006–09. From 1976 to 1990, he worked in sales and marketing for

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and Pitney Bowes, before proceeding to undertake postgraduate studies between 1990 and 1993. He was then a self-employed consultant between 1993 and 1994. He entered the

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in 1994 as Head of Section for the Economic Relations and United Nations Departments. In 1996, he went on secondment to the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. In 1997, Maddicott became the Head of the Political and Information Sections in Ottawa, Ontario,

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; a post he held until his promotion in 2000 to Deputy Head of the Latin American and Caribbean Department at the FCO. He was later Head of the Caribbean Team. Between 2003 and 2005, Maddicott was Senior Duty Manager of the Response Centre at the FCO, becoming British High Commissioner to

Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the C ...

(and non-resident

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Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

and

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...

) in 2006. Maddicott is married to Elizabeth, with whom he has four sons and one daughter. His daughter, Frances, was born in 1982. His sons, Edmund, Edgar, Edwin, and Alfred were born in 1980, 1984, 1990 and 1993 respectively.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maddicott, David Sysney 1953 births Living people Alumni of University College London High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Cameroon Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Chad Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Gabon