FaceOf: Prince Mohammed bin Nawwaf, Saudi ambassador to the UK and Ireland

Prince Mohammed bin Nawwaf

Prince Mohammed bin Nawwaf is a Saudi diplomat and has served as the Kingdom’s ambassador to the UK and Ireland since 2005.

Prince Mohammed holds a bachelor’s degree in science from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service from Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., and a master’s in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Massachusetts.

He is also serving as president of the Harvard Alumni Association of Saudi Arabia.

Previously, Prince Mohammed worked for the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu for two years. He also worked at the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and in the minister’s Cabinet; then he was promoted to inspector general at the ministry.

In 1995, he was appointed ambassador to Italy and Malta and, in 1998, he was elected president of the Council of Administration for the Islamic Cultural Center of Italy.

He is the president of the Saudi British Society in London and the chairman of the King Fahd Academy’s board of trustees.

Recently, Prince Mohammed hosted a reception as part of National Day celebrations at the Natural History Museum in London.

The event on Thursday evening was attended by diplomats, guests and Saudi students studying in the UK. Members of the UK’s Arab community also attended.

Guests and dignitaries listened to traditional Saudi folk music and enjoyed traditional food.