John McCaslin

John McCaslin began his post as Minister-Counselor for Commercial Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi this summer. Prior to his current post, he served as Senior Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, where he was chief of the Commercial Section and the most senior representative of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Russia.

Before serving in Moscow, Mr. McCaslin served a three-year tour as Senior Commercial Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland. Before Poland, he was Deputy Senior Commercial Officer in Moscow. He served as Principal Commercial Officer in Munich, Germany from 1997 to 2001. From 1990 to 1997 he was a Trade Specialist and Director of the Cincinnati Export Assistance Center.

Mr. McCaslin joined the Commercial Service in 1990 after serving as a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State for five years. He was an Economic Officer in Korea, spending time at the U.S. Consulate in Busan and the U.S. Embassy in Seoul. After Korea he worked in Washington in the Economic and Business Affairs Bureau, negotiating bilateral trade agreements in the textile sector and then he served briefly on the staff of the Deputy Secretary of State focusing on Eastern Europe.

Mr. McCaslin holds a Bachelor of Arts in Russian Studies and German from Colgate University and a Master of Arts in International Relations from Columbia University.