Alan Gemmell (diplomat)
Alan Gemmell OBE (born 6 April 1978) is the co-founder of FiveFilms4Freedom and former Director of the British Council in India. Gemme was appointed as Chief Executive of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council in December 2018.
Gemmell was then appointed Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner and British Deputy High Commissioner for South Asia. (Subsequently His Majesty's Trade Commissioner and British Deputy High Commissioner for South Asia.)
Gemmell was appointed OBE in the 2016 New Year Honours List. Gemmell was included in the 2017 Financial Times Top 20 Public Sector LGBT Executives and in GQ magazine's 2016 List of the 100 Most Connected Men in the UK.
Gemmell is the Labour Party prospective parliamentary candidate for Central Ayrshire at the next United Kingdom general election.