Benjamin Robert Merrick CMG is a British civil servant who was Director of Overseas Territories at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office from August 2017 until July 2021.[1][2]

He held the position of Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory and Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory, prior to that he was the deputy director of the Overseas Territories and was among the cabinet office of Ministry of Defence as Head of Arms Control and Counter Proliferation Policy from 2012 to 2015.[3][4]

He also served as member of the British Antarctic Territory directorate in Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Since 2019 he has been deputy Disability Champion for the Civil Service.[5] He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to British foreign policy.[6]

Merrick is legally blind.[7]

Notes

  1. ^ "Ben Merrick". GOV.UK. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Who We Are". British Antarctic Territory. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. ^ "BIOT Administration - BIOT Government". sites.google.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. ^ Merrick, Ben. "Ben Merrick | Foreign Office Blogs". Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Ben Merrick - Civil Service". civilservice.blog.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  6. ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N4.
  7. ^ Merrick, Ben (5 May 2020). "Working with a disability during the coronavirus pandemic". civilservice.blog.gov.uk. Civil Service. Retrieved 22 July 2020.


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