Press release
Change of British High Commissioner to Brunei: August 2020
Mr John Virgoe has been appointed High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam in succession to Mr Richard Lindsay.
Mr John Virgoe has been appointed High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam in succession to Mr Richard Lindsay who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Virgoe will take up his appointment during August 2020.
Curriculum vitae
Full name: John Leonard Pencavel Virgoe
| 2017 to present | FCO, Head, South-East Asia Department |
| 2015 to 2017 | Cabinet Office, Head, Joint Anti-Corruption Unit |
| 2015 | FCO, Deputy Director – Spending Review, Finance Directorate |
| 2013 to 2015 | FCO, Joint Head, Policy Unit |
| 2009 to 2013 | Canberra, First Secretary – Economic and Climate Change |
| 2007 to 2009 | International Crisis Group, Director – South-East Asia (on leave from FCO) |
| 2006 to 2007 | Studies at Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs, Princeton University, New Jersey |
| 2002 to 2006 | Nairobi, Deputy Permanent Representative to United Nations Environment Programme and UN-Habitat |
| 1999 to 2002 | FCO, Head of Crisis Management Section, Counter-Terrorism Policy Department; subsequently Head of China Section, China Hong Kong Department |
| 1995 to 1999 | Jakarta, Second Secretary – Political |
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