Source: GOV.UK
Foreign & Commonwealth Office · 8 March 2016
Change of British High Commissioner to India: Dominic Asquith
Original: www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-india--2
The Honourable Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of India in succession to Sir James Bevan KCMG, who has transferred to a non-governmental public body. The Honourable Sir Dominic will take up his appointment during March 2016.
Curriculum Vitae
| Full name | The Honourable Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG |
| 2013, present | Senior Adviser, Dentons LLP; Senior Director, Macro Advisory Partners; Senior Adviser, Group DF International; Chairman, Libyan British Business Council; Adviser, Tatweer Research; Adviser, Libya Holdings Group; Board of Advisers, Tamweel Capital; Board of Trustees, Institute of Statecraft |
| 2011, 2012 | Tripoli, Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
| 2011 | UK Special Representative Libya |
| 2007, 2011 | Cairo, Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
| 2006, 2007 | Baghdad, Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
| 2004, 2006 | FCO, Director Iraq |
| 2004 | Baghdad, Deputy Special Representative and Chargé d’Affaires |
| 2001, 2004 | Riyadh, Deputy Head of Mission |
| 1997, 2001 | Buenos Aires, Minister/Deputy Head of Mission |
| 1997 | Spanish Language Training |
| 1996, 1997 | FCO, Drugs and International Crime Department |
| 1992, 1996 | Washington, First Secretary |
| 1990, 1992 | FCO, Private Secretary to Minister of State |
| 1989, 1990 | FCO, Desk Officer, European Union Department (Internal) |
| 1987, 1989 | Muscat, First Secretary |
| 1986, 1987 | Damascus, Second Secretary and Head of British Interests Section |
| 1984, 1986 | FCO, Arabic Language Training |
| 1983, 1984 | FCO, Southern European Department |
| 1983 | Joined FCO, French language training followed by Soviet Department |
| 1981, 1983 | Executive Secretary, Parliamentary Association for Euro-Arab Co-operation, London |
| 1981 | Freelance Journalist, Amman |
| 1979, 1981 | Researcher, Council for the Advancement of Arab British Understanding (CAABU) |
| 1975 | Researcher, Institute of Palestinian Studies, Beirut |
| 1975 | Musa Alami project, Jericho, West Bank |
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