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Change of British High Commissioner to India: Dominic Asquith
The Honourable Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of India.
The Honourable Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of India in succession to Sir James Bevan KCMG, who has transferred to a non-governmental public body. The Honourable Sir Dominic will take up his appointment during March 2016.
Curriculum Vitae
| Full name | The Honourable Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG |
| 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 |
| 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 Chargé 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 |
| 1975 | Musa Alami project, Jericho, West Bank |
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