Ambassador Diego Gomez Pickering

Diego Gómez Pickering KCVO (born 1977, Mexico City) is a distinguished Mexican diplomat, award-winning writer, and journalist. A career member of the Mexican Foreign Service since 2007, he served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United Kingdom (2013–2016), where he strengthened bilateral ties during the landmark Mexico-UK Dual Year and was personally invested by Queen Elizabeth II with the Honorary Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. He was also named Diplomat of the Year for North America and the Caribbean by Diplomat magazine. He later served as Consul General of Mexico in New York City (2016–2018). Holder of a B.A. in International Relations from ITAM, an M.A. in Cultural Development from Columbia University, and postgraduate studies in journalism from India’s IIMC, he has held key roles at the UN (including in Nairobi and Damascus) and as Director for Foreign Media in the Mexican Presidency. A prolific author, his acclaimed books—such as the novel La primavera de Damasco and the chronicles Diario de Londres and Cartas de Nueva York—have been translated into multiple languages. He currently resides in Barcelona, where he continues his literary and journalistic work.