British Ambassador presents credentials to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid
The UK Ambassador, Mr. Philip Parham today presented his Letter of Credentials to the Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.
HMA Philip Parham
The UK Ambassador, Mr. Philip Parham today presented his Letter of Credentials to His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai at a ceremony held at Al Mushrif Palace, Abu Dhabi.
Speaking after the presentation, Her Majesty’s Ambassador, Mr Parham said:
I am honoured and delighted to have presented my credentials to His Highness as British Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. It is a great privilege to represent the United Kingdom in a country with whom our security, commercial and cultural partnerships are historic, wide-ranging, strategic, crucial and growing.
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Biography
Ambassador Parham’s first FCO job was Head of Pakistan/Afghanistan Section from 1993 to 1994. In 1995 he was Private Secretary to the FCO Minister covering Americas, South and South-East Asia, Public Diplomacy, Consular & Visa work and (in the House of Commons) Africa and International Development. He served for a short period in the FCO Policy Planning Staff before serving in the British Embassy in Washington covering UN, Africa and Asia business from 1996 to 2000. At the start of the posting in Washington, he was seconded for 3 months to the US State Department’s East Asia & Pacific Bureau.
From 2000 to 2003, Ambassador Parham served in Riyadh, as Director Trade & Investment for Saudi Arabia. On return to London, he was Head of the Iraq Operations Unit 2003-2004, then Head of Counter-Terrorism Policy Department 2004-2006. He served as British High Commissioner to Tanzania 2006-2009.
Ambassador Parham was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates in July 2014. Previously he was the UK’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.
Prior to 1993, Ambassador Parham worked for ten years as an investment banker with Morgan Grenfell and then Barclays de Zoete Wedd. He spent six of those ten years in Japan, and was a Director of Barclays de Zoete Wedd Limited before switching careers.
Contact:
Sam Kelly British Embassy Dubai Tel: +971 4 309 4444