Press release
Change of British High Commissioner to India in spring 2020
Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of India in succession to Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG.
Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Republic of India in succession to Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG. Sir Philip will take up his appointment during Spring 2020.
Curriculum vitae
Full name: Philip Barton
| 2020 | Cabinet Office, Director General, Covid-19 Response |
| 2017 to 2020 | FCO, Director General, Consular and Security |
| 2016 to 2017 | Cabinet Office, Acting Chair, Joint Intelligence Committee |
| 2016 | Cabinet Office, Director General of Prime Minister’s Anti-Corruption Summit and also Consulting Senior Fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies |
| 2014 to 2016 | Pakistan, British High Commissioner |
| 2011 to 2013 | USA, Deputy Head of Mission |
| 2009 to 2011 | Cabinet Office, Director, Foreign Policy and Afghanistan/Pakistan Co-ordinator |
| 2008 to 2009 | FCO, Additional Director, South Asia |
| 2005 to 2008 | Gibraltar, Deputy Governor |
| 2000 to 2004 | Nicosia, Deputy High Commissioner |
| 1997 to 2000 | No 10, Private Secretary to Prime Minister Tony Blair |
| 1997 | No 10, Private Secretary to Prime Minister John Major |
| 1994 to 1996 | New Delhi, First Secretary – External |
| 1993 to 1994 | FCO, Head of Institutions Section, EU Internal Department |
| 1991 to 1993 | Cabinet Office, Assessments Staff |
| 1987 to 1991 | Caracas, Third, later Second, Secretary – Chancery |
| 1987 | FCO, Assistant Desk Officer, Economic Relations Department |
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