David Wallace

David Wallace has been Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy Berlin since August 2026.

David has a diplomatic career spanning over twenty years during which he has covered a range of political, economic and security roles, focused in Europe and Asia. He was most recently Deputy High Commissioner to Malaysia from July 2022 to July 2026. This included a period as Acting High Commissioner (Chargé d’Affaires) from August 2024 to April 2025, during which time Malaysia and the UK upgraded relations to a Strategic Partnership.

From 2017 to 2022 he was Political Counsellor at the British Embassy in Berlin, where he built up co-operation with Germany on foreign, security and development issues. Previously he has served as Political Counsellor in Warsaw, Head of Economic Section in Seoul and as a diplomatic adviser in Baghdad. In the Foreign Office Head Office he has worked on sanctions, counter proliferation, Iraq and Afghanistan.

David has a BA (Hons) in Philosophy and an MA in International Economics. He speaks English and German.