The new permanent secretary at the Foreign Office will be Simon Fraser, who has been at the Department for Business since May 2009.
Mr Cameron described him as "Britain's leading expert on trade in the civil service".
The prime minister told reporters: "I want to refashion British foreign policy, the Foreign Office, to make us much more focused on the commercial aspects... making sure we are demonstrating Britain is open for business.
"I think it is a big opportunity. As we come out of recession and into recovery we have got to pay our way in the world and I want to reorientate the Foreign Office to be much more commercially minded."
He added: "I want us to be much more focused on winning orders for British business overseas, attracting inward investment back into Britain.
Speaking in New York on the last day of his trip to the US, the prime minister said he wanted diplomats to use every opportunity to win orders for UK firms.He announced that he was appointing a civil servant with expertise in business to head the Foreign Office.The department would also recruit a commercial director, Mr Cameron said.
'Open for business' The prime minister was speaking as he met financial and business leaders in the US.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
David Cameron sight on foreign trade policy
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