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'''David McMillan''' is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[diplomat]], [[civil servant]] and [[administrator]].  He is the Director General of [[EUROCONTROL]] which coordinates and plans air traffic control for all of Europe.<ref name="bio">Eurocontrol, [http://www.eurocontrol.int/bio/david-mcmillan-director-general  David MacMillian, Director General]; retrieved 2012-5-26.</ref>

==Early life==
MacMillan earned a degree in French and Spanish from [[University of Edinburgh]].<ref name="bio"/>

==Career==
McMillan's Foreign Office career began in 1976. He served in Morocco and Zimbabwe. He was Transport Secretary at the British Embassy in Washington.<ref name="bio"/>

In the UK's [[Department for Transport]] (DfT), he had several roles between 1998 and 2007, including
* 1998–2001, he headed the division responsible for air traffic control policy<ref name="bio"/>
* 2002–2004, he served as Director of Strategy and Delivery<ref name="bio"/>
* 2004–2007, he was the UK’s Director General of Civil Aviation<ref name="bio"/>

McMillan was the First Vice President of the [[European Civil Aviation Conference]] between 2005 and 2007.<ref name="bio"/>

In 2008, he became the Director General of EUROCONTROL.<ref name="bio"/>

==Honors==
* [[Medal of Aeronautics]]<ref>[http://www.chinacivilaviation.com/article.asp?ID=1267  "Wu Tongshui, Principal of the Civil Aviation University of China Receives the French Aeronautical Medal of Honor,"] ''China Civil Aviation Report'' (CCAR), Volume 14, Issue 1, Spring 2012; retrieved 2012-5-26.</ref>

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