Career History
Foreign Office Career:
| Jan 2006 | HM Ambassador, Beijing |
| 2004 - 2005 | Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee, Cabinet Office |
| 2002 - 2004 | Director General (Defence & Intelligence), FCO |
| 2000 - 2002 | Director, International Security, FCO |
| 1998 - 2000 | HM Ambassador, Luxembourg |
| 1997 - 1998 | Seconded to Unilever (China) Ltd |
| 1995 - 1997 | Principal Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary |
| 1994 - 1995 | UK Member, Bosnia Contact Group |
| 1993 - 1994 | Head, Near East and North Africa Dept, FCO |
| 1989 - 1993 | Political Adviser, Hong Kong |
| 1985 - 1989 | FCO (Hong Kong Dept, Security Policy Dept) |
| 1983 - 1984 | First Secretary, Beijing |
| 1979 - 1983 | First Secretary, UK Mission to United Nations |
| 1976 - 1978 | Third, later Second Secretary, Beijing |
| 1975 - 1976 | Language student Hong Kong |
| 1973 | Entered FCO |
