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  • DIMOND, Paul, CMG (b. 1944)

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    Joined Foreign Office, 1963: Diplomatic Service Administration, 1965–66; Japanese language student, Tokyo, 1966–68; Vice-Consul (Commercial), 1968–70, Consul (Commercial), 1970–72, Osaka; Second Secretary (Commercial), Tokyo, 1972–73; seconded to Department of Trade as assistant to Special Adviser on Japanese Market, British Overseas Trade Board, 1973–75; FCO, 1975–76; First Secretary: (Economic), Stockholm, 1977–80; FCO, 1980–81; (Commercial), Tokyo, 1981–86;…

  • WESTCOTT, Dr Nicholas (b. 1956)

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    Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1982; on secondment to EC, 1984–85; UK Perm. Rep. to EC, Brussels, 1985–89; FCO, 1989–93; Head of Common Foreign and Security Policy Unit, 1992–93; Deputy High Commissioner, Dar es Salaam, 1993–96; Head of Economic Relations Department, FCO, 1996–98; Minister-Counsellor (Trade and Transport), Washington, 1999–2002; Head of IT Strategy, subsequently Chief…

  • COWLING, Geoffrey (b. c. 1945)

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    Cowling joined the Foreign Office from the Board of Trade, c 1968, and his diplomatic career included: Vice-Consul, Kabul, 1970-73; Consul, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 1974-75; Second Secretary, Technical Cooperation, Lima, 1976-79; Mexico and Central America Department, FCO, 1979-82; First Secretary, Economic, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1982-87; Joint Service Defence College, Greenwich, 1987; Southern European Department,…

  • RAMSAY, Sir Allan John Heppel Ramsay, KBE, CMG (1937-2022)

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    Served Army, 1957–70: Somerset Light Infantry, 1957–64; Trucial Oman Scouts, 1964–66; DLI, 1966–68. MECAS, 1968–69; entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970; First Secretary (Commercial), Cairo, 1973–76; First Secretary and Head of Chancery, Kabul, 1976–78; Counsellor and Head of Chancery: Baghdad, 1980–83; Mexico City, 1983–85; Ambassador to Lebanon, 1988–90; Ambassador to Sudan, 1990–91; Ambassador to the…

  • 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,…

  • COLLECOTT, Peter, CMG (b. 1950)

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    Royal Society Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics, Munich, 1976–77; joined Diplomatic Service, 1977: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1977–78; MECAS, Lebanon, later London, 1978–80; 1st Secretary: (Political), Khartoum, 1980–82; (Economic), Commercial, Agriculture), Canberra, 1982–86; Head, Iran/Iraq Section, Middle East Department, FCO, 1986–88; Assistant Head, EC Department (External), FCO, 1988–89; Counsellor, Head of Chancery…

  • BRYAN, Margaret, CMG (b. 1929)

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    Internment in Shanghai during Second World War; News Information Department, BBC, c. 1952-53; Assistant in HM Consulate, Douala, c. 1953-55; Journalist, Windhoek Advertiser, c 1957-61; Second, later First, Secretary, Information Research Department, FCO, 1962–80; Head of Chancery and Consul, Kinshasa, 1980–83; Counsellor, Havana, 1983–86; Ambassador to Panama, 1986–89; Research Department, FCO, 1989-94; Sensitivity Review Team,…

  • LEVY, Lord Levy of Mill Hill (b. 1944)

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    Michael Levy’s career includes: Lubbock Fine (Chartered Accountants), 1961–66; Principal of M. Levy and Company, 1966–69; Partner, Wagner Prager Levy and Partners, 1969–73; Chairman: Magnet Group, 1973–88; D and J Securities Limited, 1988–92; M and G Records, 1992–97; Wireart Limited, 1992–2002; Chase Music (formerly M and G Music) Limited, 1992–2002; International Standard Asset Management, 2008–11;…

  • GOMERSALL, Sir Stephen John, KCMG (b. 1948)

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    Entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1970; Tokyo, 1972–77; Rhodesia Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1977–79; Private Secretary to Lord Privy Seal, 1979–82; Washington, 1982–85; Economic Counsellor, Tokyo, 1986–90; Head of Security Policy Department, FCO, 1990–94; Deputy Permanent Representative, UK Mission to UN, 1994–98; Director, International Security, FCO, 1998–99; Ambassador to Japan, 1999–2004. Interviewed 2023. Sir Stephen…

  • 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…