Appendix 1: Curriculum vitae
Summary
Active Crossbench Member of the House of Lords since
2006, combined with non-executive directorships of Associated
British Foods (ABF), Candover Investments plc, Credit Agricole
SA and Valeo SA and Chair of the medical aid charity, Merlin.
Public sector career from 1969-2006 in the Ministry
of Overseas Development, Cabinet Office and Foreign & Commonwealth
Office, with overseas experience in Washington (UK delegation
to IMF and the World Bank), New Delhi and Paris, concluding as
Ambassador in Paris (1996-2001), as Permanent Under Secretary
in the FCO (2002-2006) and as the Prime Minister's personal representative
(Sherpa) for the G8 summits at Gleneagles and St. Petersberg,
in 2005 and 2006.
Detail
CURRENT ACTIVITIES
Public Sector
2006- Independent Crossbench Member of the House
of Lords, including membership of the EU Sub-Committee on law
and institutions (2006-), ad hoc Committee on International Institutions
(2007-); Member of the Joint Commons/Lords Committee on The Climate
Change Bill (2007).
Private Sector
2006- Non-executive Director, Associated British
Foods ( and member audit & nominations committees )
2006- Association Member, BUPA
2007- Non-executive Director, Credit Agricole
(and member, Audit Committee)
2007- Non executive Director, Valeo
2008- Non executive Director, Candover Investments
Plc (and member, audit and remuneration committees).
Non-governmental/third Sector
2006 Vice-Chair, Business for New Europe
2007 Chair of the Trustees of Merlin, the international
medical aid charity.
2007 Patron, English Trust for European Education
(and sponsor for proposed conversion of Culham European School
into an Academy).
Past Career
| 2005-2006 |
Prime Minister's personal representative for the G8 Summits
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| 2002-2006 |
Permanent Under Secretary, FCO and Head of the Diplomatic Service
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| 1996-2001 |
British Ambassador to France
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| 1994-1996 |
Deputy Under Secretary for Economic & European Affairs, FCO
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| 1990-1994 |
Assistant Under Secretary for European Affairs, FCO
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| 1987-1990 |
Financial & Commercial Counsellor, British Embassy, Paris
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| 1985-1987 |
Counsellor, European Secretariat, Cabinet Office
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| 1982-1985 |
Private Secretary to the Permanent Under Secretary, FCO
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| 1981-1982 |
Deputy Head, FCO Planning Staff
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| 1978-1981 |
1st Secretary (development), British High Commission, New Delhi
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| 1976-1978 |
Principal, Ministry of Overseas Development, London
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| 1973-1975 |
Technical Assistant, UK Delegation to the IMF and World Bank, Washington
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| 1969-1973 |
Assistant Principal, Ministry of Overseas Development, London
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| 1965 | Volunteer teacher, Zambia
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Education
| 1959-1964 |
Winchester College
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| 1965-1968 |
Magdalen College, Oxford (Philosophy, Politics, Economics)
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| 1969 | SOAS, University of London (MSc in Economic Development)
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| 1996 | Senior Associate Member, St Antony's College, Oxford
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| 2004 | Honorary Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford
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Languages
French: extensive
German: basic
Honours
CMG 1992
KCMG 1997
GCMG 2006
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