John Saville
Biography
Mr John Saville was appointed Her Majesty’s Consul General for Chicago in November 2017.
He joined the FCO in 1981 and has had a range of Diplomatic Service appointments including as Deputy Head of Mission in Cuba and as High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalam. His most recent appointment was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Curriculum Vitae
| Full name | John Donald William Saville |
| 2017 - present | Chicago, Her Majesty’s Consul General |
| 2014 - 2017 | Her Majesty’s Ambassador to The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela |
| 2013 - 2017 | Department for International Trade (DIT), Acting Managing Director |
| 2010 - 2013 | DIT, Director Asia, Global High Growth, Markets and Mass Transport |
| 2009 - 2010 | Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), Head, Climate Change Project, Climate Change Department |
| 2005 - 2009 | Bandar Seri Begawan, High Commissioner |
| 2004 | FCO, Head, WMD Review Unit |
| 2000 - 2003 | Havana, Deputy Head of Mission |
| 1998 - 2000 | FCO, Head of Commonwealth and Burma Section, South East Asia Department |
| 1995 - 1998 | Vienna, First Secretary |
| 1991 - 1994 | FCO, Non Proliferation Department |
| 1988 - 1991 | Warsaw, Second Secretary, later First Secretary |
| 1985 - 1988 | FCO, Southern European Department |
| 1983 - 1985 | Jakarta, Third Secretary, later Second Secretary |
| 1981 - 1982 | FCO, Desk Officer, Southern Africa Department |
| 1981 | Joined the FCO |