Deputy Chief of Mission

David Gilmour

October 2008

Deputy Chief of Mission David Gilmour

David Gilmour has been a member of the U.S. Foreign Service since 1986.  He assumed the post of Deputy Chief of Mission in Panama in October 2008.

Prior to his arrival in Panama, Mr. Gilmour was director of public affairs at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, managing strategic communication for the three U.S. ambassadors to the UN, WTO and Conference on Disarmament.

From 2004-2007, Mr. Gilmour served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'Affaires in Lilongwe, Malawi, where he oversaw U.S. assistance programs to Malawi that totaled nearly $100 million annually, including the Millennium Challenge Account, The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Peace Corps, emergency food aid, and more.

Mr. Gilmour was director of Public Affairs at the U.S. Consulate General in Sydney, Australia, where he worked on many high-profile projects, including the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.  Prior to that, Mr. Gilmour served as information officer and press spokesman at the U.S. Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica.  In the early 1990s, Mr. Gilmour was the educational exchanges officer at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, where he managed a large program of academic and professional exchanges and cultural presentations during South Africa’s transition to democracy.  His other foreign assignments were as Public Affairs Officer in Douala, Cameroon and junior officer in Dakar, Senegal.  His work on a variety of projects in the Foreign Service has taken Mr. Gilmour to over 40 countries.

Mr. Gilmour has received the State Department’s Superior Honor Award and Meritorious Honor Award, each three times.  He is married to Judith Martin, and they have three children.