John Virgoe
Biography
John Virgoe was appointed British High Commissioner to Brunei in July 2020. Prior to this appointment, he was Head of South-East Asia Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London.
Mr Virgoe joined the FCO in 1991. He has worked extensively on South-East Asia, economic diplomacy and climate change. Outside government, he was South-East Asia Director for the conflict- prevention NGO, International Crisis Group (2007 to 2009).
This will be his fourth overseas posting, having been posted previously to Jakarta, Nairobi and Canberra.
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