The Honourable Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of India in succession to Sir James Bevan KCMG. Sir Dominic will take up his appointment during March 2016.
Curriculum Vitae
Full name: The Honourable Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG
Married to: Louise Asquith
Children: Four
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
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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 Charge 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
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