Simon Mark Featherstone (24 July 1958 – 26 August 2014) was a British diplomat whose posts included High Commissioner to Malaysia. Career Simon Featherstone was educated at Whitgift School and Lincoln College, Oxford. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1980 and after language training at SOAS and in Hong Kong served in Beijing, Brussels and Shanghai. He was British ambassador to Switzerland and non-resident ambassador to Liechtenstein 2004–08, the Prime Minister's International Representative on Energy Issues in 2008, UK director for the 2010 Shanghai Expo (where the UK pavilion won the award for best pavilion design) and was British High Commissioner to Malaysia from October 2010 until ill health forced him to retire in May 2014. While in Malaysia, he was also one of the patrons of the British Theatre Playhouse, a theatrical and musical production company which works with British entertainment shows. Featherstone was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the New Year Honours of 2011. References FEATHERSTONE, Simon Mark, Who's Who 2014, online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013. Simon Featherstone, Esq, CMG Authorised Biography, Debrett's People of Today. 1958 births 2014 deaths People educated at Whitgift School Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Switzerland Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Liechtenstein High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malaysia Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George 20th-century British diplomats 21st-century British diplomats Consuls-General of the United Kingdom in Shanghai