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.

• From: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
• Published: 11 June 2020

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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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Published 11 June 2020