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  • FERGUSSON, George (b. 1955)

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    Joined Northern Ireland Office, 1978; seconded to Northern Ireland Department of Commerce, 1979–80; Private Secretary to Minister of State for Northern Ireland, 1982–83; First Secretary, Dublin, 1988–91; joined Diplomatic Service, 1990; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1991–93; First Secretary, Seoul, 1994–96; FCO, 1996–99; Head: Republic of Ireland Department, 1997–99; Devolved Administrations Department, 1999; Consul General, Boston,…

  • LIFE, Vivien, CMG (b. 1957)

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    Civil Service Fast Stream, 1979–81; HM Treasury, 1981–88; entered FCO, 1988; EU External Department, FCO, 1988–91; First Secretary, Washington, 1992–96; Deputy Head: EU Department External, FCO, 1996–97; Latin America and Caribbean Department, FCO, 1997–99; Head: Consultancy Group, FCO Services, 1999–2003; Strategy Group, FCO, 2003–06; External Relations Group, Europe Directorate, FCO, 2006–08; Enlargement SE and Wider…

  • ADAMS, Sir Geoffrey, KCMG (b. 1957)

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    Diplomat.  Joined HM Diplomatic Service, 1979; Third, later Second, Secretary, Jedda, 1982–85; Ecole Nationale d’Administration, Paris, 1985–87; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1987–91; First Secretary, Pretoria and Cape Town, 1991–94; European Secretariat, Cabinet Office, 1995–98; Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Cairo, 1998–2001; Consul-General, Jerusalem, 2001–03; Principal Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary,…

  • ROSE, Alison (b. 1961)

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    Civil servant and diplomat.  Department of Employment: various management posts in employment operations, Manpower Services Commission (Jobcentres, training schemes for the long term unemployed), 1983–88; Deputy Team Leader: EU Training and Qualifications Policy, 1988–92; UK Health and Safety Policy, 1992–95; Team Leader: UK Health and Safety Finance and Operations, Department of the Environment, Transport and…

  • WESTMACOTT, Sir Peter John, GCMG LVO (b. 1950)

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    Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1972; Tehran, 1974, Brussels, 1978; First Secretary, Paris, 1980; Private Secretary to Minister of State, FCO, 1984; Head of Chancery, Ankara, 1987; Deputy Private Secretary to Prince of Wales, 1990; Counsellor, Washington, 1993; Director, Americas, FCO, 1997; Deputy Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 2000-01; Ambassador to Turkey, 2002-06; Ambassador to France,…

  • McDONALD, Lord McDonald of Salford, GCMG KCVO (b. 1961)

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    Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1982; Jedda, 1985; Riyadh, 1985–88; Bonn, 1988–90; FCO, 1990; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1993–95; First Secretary, Washington, 1995–98; Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission and Consul-General, Riyadh, 1998–2001; Principal Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 2001–03; Ambassador to Israel, 2003–06; Director, Iraq, FCO, 2006–07; Foreign Policy Adviser to…

  • GRANT, Sir John Douglas Kelso, KCMG (b. 1954)

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    Grant joined the Diplomatic Service in 1976, and his diplomatic career included: West African Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1976; Stockholm, 1977–80; Russian language training, 1980–81; Moscow, 1982–84; Morgan Grenfell and Company Limited, 1985–86; Press Office, FCO, 1986–89; UK Permanent Representation to EU, 1989–93 (Press Spokesman, later External Relations) and 1994–97 (Counsellor, External Relations); European…