The Embassy of Malawi in London

Amb. Thomas John Bisika

Dr Thomas Bisika began his career as an Associate Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research at the University of Malawi in 1993. In 2005, he started at the African Union as a Chief of Division for Health, Population and HIV/AIDS, then he taught at University of Pretoria School of Health Systems and Public Health before joining the United Nations as a Management Specialist in UNFPA and Health Systems Advisor for World Health Organisation in South Africa and Nigeria respectively. In 2010, he returned to Malawi to lead their National AIDS Commission.

At the African Union, he worked with the Permanent Representatives Committee, at the UN he was part of the team that drafted resolutions to be adopted by ministers, heads of state and government.

As High Commissioner in London, his priorities are focusing on development diplomacy, which is essentially trade facilitation, investment promotion, tourism repositioning, financial and technical assistance.