Moazzam Malik
BA, MSc
Honorary Fellow
Moazzam Tufail Malik studied his MSc in Economics for Development at Hertford College, matriculating in 1989.
Malik is a former British civil servant and diplomat. He is currently Managing Director at the World Resources Institute, a leading international NGO and think tank focused on climate and development issues, and Chair at the Muslim Charities Forum, an umbrella NGO for faith-based charities in the UK.
Malik served as Director-General Africa in the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office from the date of its creation in September 2020. As well as overseeing the Embassy network across Africa, his thematic responsibilities included international finance, conflict, good governance and human rights, and the Commonwealth. Malik was previously Director-General for Country Programmes at the UK Department for International Development (October 2019 to September 2020). He was the United Kingdom Ambassador to Indonesia, ASEAN and Timor-Leste from October 2014 to July 2019.
Malik is an Honorary Fellow at Hertford College, Oxford University and was appointed an Honorary Professor at University College London in February 2023.