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  • PATEY, Sir William Charters KCMG, LLD (b. 1953)

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    Patey joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1975 and his diplomatic career included: MECAS, 1977–78; Commercial Attaché, Abu Dhabi, 1978–81; Second Secretary, Tripoli, 1981–84; Near East and North Africa Department, FCO, 1984–85; Middle East Department, Iran/Iraq Desk, FCO, 1985-86; Permanent Under-Secretary’s Department, FCO, 1986-88; First Secretary (Political), Canberra, 1988–92; Deputy Head, UN Department, FCO,…

  • SEGAR, Christopher, CMG (b. 1950)

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    VSO, Cameroun, 1969; joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973; MECAS, 1974–76; Third, later Second Secretary, Dubai, 1976–79; FCO, 1979–84; Head of Chancery and Consul, Luanda, 1984–87; UK Delegation to OECD, Paris, 1987–90; Deputy Head of Mission and Consul General, Baghdad, 1990–91; on secondment to MoD, 1991–94; Commercial Counsellor: Riyadh, 1994–97; Peking, 1997–2001; Head of Aviation,…

  • BRISTOW, Sir Laurence KCMG (b. 1963)

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    Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1990; Second Secretary, Bucharest, 1992–95; First Secretary: FCO, 1995–99; Ankara, 1999–2002; NATO Defence College, Rome, 2002–03; FCO, 2003; Ambassador to Azerbaijan, 2004–07; Deputy Head of Mission, Moscow, 2007–10; Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, FCO, 2010–12; Director, National Security, FCO, 2012–15; Ambassador to Russia, 2016–20; UN Climate Change Conference of…

  • BOWDEN, James Nicholas Geoffrey, CMG OBE MVO (b. 1960)

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    Served Army, 1979–86; entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1986; 2nd Secretary, Republic of Ireland Department, FCO, 1986–88; Arabic language training, SOAS and Cairo, 1988-90; Deputy then Acting Consul General, Aden, 1990–91; 2nd Secretary, Khartoum, 1991–93; Head of Political Section, UN Department, FCO, 1993–96; 1st Secretary, Washington, 1996–99; 1st Secretary, Riyadh, 1999–2000; GCHQ, 2000-03, and Deputy Head, Afghanistan…

  • SYNNOTT, Sir Hilary, KCMG (1945-2011)

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    Diplomat. RN 1962-73 (HM Submarines, 1968-73). Joined Diplomatic Service, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973; UK Delegation to OECD, Paris, 1975; Bonn, 1978; Southern European Department, FCO, 1981; Head of Chancery, Amman, 1985; Head of Western European Department, FCO, 1989; Head of Security Co-ordination Department, FCO, 1991; Minister and Deputy High Commissioner, New Delhi, 1993-96; Director…

  • SHEINWALD, Sir Nigel Elton, GCMG (b. 1953)

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    Joined Diplomatic Service, 1976; Japan Desk, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1976-77; Russian language training, 1977-78; Third, later Second Secretary, Moscow, 1978-79; Rhodesia/Zimbabwe Department, FCO, 1979-81; Eastern European and Soviet Department, FCO, 1981-83; First Secretary, Washington, 1983-87; Deputy Head, Policy Planning Staff, FCO, 1987-89; European Community Department (Internal), FCO, 1989-92; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, UK…

  • RICKETTS, Lord, GCMG GCVO (b. 1952)

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    Joined FCO, 1974; Reporting Officer, UKMIS New York, 1974; Singapore, 1975-78; UK Delegation to NATO, 1978-81; Arab-Israel desk, FCO, 1981-86; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 1983-86; Washington, 1986-89; Deputy Head of Security Policy, FCO, 1989-91; Head of Hong Kong Department, FCO, 1991-1994; Economic and Financial Counsellor, Paris, 1994-97; Deputy Political Director, FCO, 1997-99; Director,…

  • NIXON, Patrick Michael, CMG OBE (b. 1944)

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    Joined HM Diplomatic Service, 1965; MECAS, Lebanon, 1966; Cairo, 1968; Lima, 1970; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973; Tripoli, Libya, 1977; British Information Services, New York, 1980; Assistant, later Head, Near East and North Africa Department, FCO, 1983; Ambassador and Consul-General at Doha, Qatar, 1987–90; Counsellor, FCO, 1990–93; High Commissioner to Zambia, 1994–97; Director, FCO, 1997–98;…

  • 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…

  • HOLMES, Sir John, GCVO KBE CMG (b. 1951)

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    Joined Diplomatic Service, 1973–2007: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973-76; 3rd Secretary, then 2nd Secretary, Moscow, 1976-78; Near East and North Africa Department, FCO, 1978-82; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 1982-84; 1st Secretary (Economic), Paris, 1984-87; Assistant Head of Soviet Department, FCO, 1987-89; seconded to Thomas de la Rue and Company, 1989-91; Counsellor, Economic and…