UN appoints former British diplomat Tom Fletcher as new humanitarian chief

Tom Fletcher (Hertford College/Twitter)

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has appointed former British diplomat Tom Fletcher as the new humanitarian chief.

Mr Fletcher, who is currently principal of Hertford College, Oxford, and vice chair of Oxford University’s Conference of Colleges, succeeds fellow Briton Martin Griffiths, who stepped down for health reasons as undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs at the end of June.