Education
Ian Whitting was educated at Chichester High School Foreign Boys and joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) in 1972.
Ian Whitting was educated at Chichester High School Foreign Boys and joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) in 1972.
Between posts at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office he served at Moscow, Tunis, Athens, Dublin and Abidjan. He returned to the embassy at Athens as Director, European Union and Economic Affairs, 2003-2004 and Deputy Head of Mission and Consul General 2005-2008. He was then appointed ambassador to Iceland 2008-2012, and took up his appointment as ambassador to Montenegro in September 2013.
Ian Whitting is married to Tracy (née Gallagher).
They have two daughters.
