CHILCOTT, Dominick John CMG 2003
HM Diplomatic Service; Director, European Union Directorate, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, since 2003; b 17 Nov. 1959. Educ: St Joseph's Coll., Ipswich; Greyfriars Hall, Oxford (BA Hons (Philosophy and Theol.) 1982). Entered FCO, 1982; Southern African Dept, FCO, 1982-83; Turkish lang. trng, 1984; Third, later Second, Sec., Ankara, 1985-88; First Sec., Central African Dept, then EC Dept (Internal), FCO, 1988-92; Hd, Political Section, Lisbon, 1993-95; Private Sec. to Foreign Sec., 1996-98; Counsellor, Ext. Relns, UK Perm. Repn to EU, Brussels, 1998-2002; Dir, Iraq Policy Unit, 2002-03. Recreations: walking, reading, attending my children's school matches, renovating an old bakery in the Dordogne.

CHOUDHURY, Anwar High Commissioner, Bangladesh, since 2004; b 15 June 1959. Educ: Salford Univ. (BSc Engrg); Durham Univ. (MBA). Principal Design Engr, Siemens and Plessey Radar, 1985-90; Design Engr/Strategist, RAF, 1990-93; Asst Dir, MoD, 1994-99; Dir, Policy, Cabinet Office, 2000-03; Policy/Strategy, FCO, 2003-04. Recreations: cricket, bridge, addiction to Bangladeshi cuisine. Club: Travellers.

CLARK, James Frame HM Diplomatic Service; Ambassador to Luxembourg, since 2004; b 12 March 1963. Educ: Edinburgh Univ. (BSc Hons Geog.). Teacher, W Berlin, 1985-87; entered FCO, 1988; Mexico and Central American Dept, 1988-89; Arabic lang. trng, 1989; Cairo, 1990; ME Dept, FCO, 1990-91; UK Rep., Brussels, 1991-93; First Secretary: Econ. Relns Dept, FCO, 1994-95; Press Office, FCO, 1995-97; on loan to German Foreign Min., Bonn, 1997-98; EU, Bonn, 1998-99; Hd, Conf. and Visits Gp, FCO, 1999-2003; Commercial Dir, FCO Services, 2003-04. Recreations: friends, food, fitness, reading, ski-ing, travel.

HORN, Helen Margaret MBE 1994 HM Diplomatic Service; Ambassador to Guinea, since 2003; b 27 April 1961. Educ: Dover Grammar Sch. for Girls; Thanet Tech. Coll.; Heidelberg Univ. Former diplomatic postings: Warsaw; Zurich; Dakar; Dubai; Kinshasa; Vienna; Johannesburg. Recreations: African wildlife, outdoor pursuits, swimming.

LEVI, Andrew Peter Robert HM Diplomatic Service; Head, Aviation, Maritime and Energy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, since 2003; b 4 March 1963. Educ: Reading Blue Coat Sch. (Aldworth's Hosp.); Univ. of Manchester (BSc Hons 1985); Univ. of Freiburg im Breisgau. Entered FCO, 1987; Bonn, 1990-93; First Secretary: FCO, 1993-96; on secondment to EC (EU enlargement), 1996-98, and to OECD Secretariat, 1998; Bonn, 1998-99; on secondment to: German FO, Bonn, 1999; DCS, Stability Pact for S Eastern Europe, 1999-2001; Dep. Hd, Eastern Adriatic Dept, FCO, 2001-03.

BRITISH DIPLOMATS - ESTABLISHED NAMES

AUSTEN, Richard James
MBE 1996 HM Ambassador to Mongolia, since 2004; b 25 May 1955.

DUNCAN, John Stewart
OBE 1993 HM Diplomatic Service; Director, Trade and Investment, Paris, since 2002; b 17 April 1958.

GOODERHAM, Peter Olaf PhD; HM Diplomatic Service; UK Representative to Political and Security Committee, European Union, and UK Permanent Representative to Western European Union, Brussels (with rank of Ambassador), since 2003; b 29 July 1954.

HARPER, Monica Celia CMG 2004 HM Diplomatic Service; Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, since 2004; b 18 Aug. 1944.

KAY, Nicholas Peter HM Diplomatic Service; Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Madrid, since 2002; b 8 March 1958.

KEEFE, Denis Edward Peter Paul HM Diplomatic Service; Head, Far Eastern Group, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, since 2004; b 29 June 1958.
KING, (Albert) Norman CMG 2002; OBE 1997; LVO 1983 HM Diplomatic Service, retired; b 29 March 1943.

LYNE, Richard John HM Diplomatic Service; High Commissioner to Solomon Islands, since 2004; b 20 Nov. 1948.

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