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His Honour Marc Holland | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Governor to Gibraltar | |
| Assumed office 1 August 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Colin Wells |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1974[citation needed] |
| Alma mater | Wadham College, University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
Marc Holland (born 1974[citation needed]) is a British civil servant and diplomat. From 2014 to 2017, Holland served as the Administrator of Ascension.[1] He was the UK's deputy ambassador to Denmark from 2018 to 2022.[1][2] He was named Deputy Governor of Gibraltar in 2022.[2][1]
Career
[edit]Holland was educated at Wadham College, Oxford.[2]
Holland joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 2002.[3] He served as First Secretary Employment & Social Affairs to the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union and then First Secretary EU to Embassy of the United Kingdom in Berlin.[2] Until 2014 he served as the deputy head of the Future of Europe Department in London.[3] Prior to that Holland had worked Department of Trade and Industry and as a planning and information officer in the education department of the Croydon London Borough Council.[4]
In 2014, Holland was appointed to replace Colin Wells as Administrator of Ascension.[3][5] He was named Deputy Governor of Gibraltar in 2022.[2][1]
Personal life
[edit]Holland was married,[citation needed] and has five children.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Senior diplomat, Marc Holland, is named new Deputy Governor". Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Marc Holland". GOV.UK. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- 1 2 3 Wells, Colin (11 October 2013). "Next Administrator for Ascension Announced". Ascension Island Government. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ↑ "Administrator". Ascension Island Government. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016.
- ↑ Hartdavis, Duff (17 October 2015). "Notes from a very small island: wonderful, eccentric Ascension". The Spectator. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016.