A new British ambassador will take up his post in Abu Dhabi this month.
Patrick Moody replaces Philip Parham, who has been appointed UK Envoy to the Commonwealth.
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Mr Moody, who is married with two children, was most recently additional director of the Asia-Pacific directorate in the UK Foreign Office.
He has a diplomatic background in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and was deputy high commissioner in Islamabad from 2014 to 2017.
In the UK, Mr Moody was a past head of the border security unit, and head of the money laundering and financial crime team in 1997.
