Press release: Change of Governor of the Falkland Islands
Posted by mostafa on 30 June, 2017
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Mr Nigel Phillips CBE has been appointed Governor of the Falkland Islands and Her Majesty’s Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands in succession to Mr Colin Roberts CVO who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Phillips will take up his appointment in September 2017.
Curriculum Vitae
| Full name: | Nigel Phillips |
| Married to: | Emma Phillips |
| Children: | One daughter |
| 2016 – present | Ministry of Defence (MOD), UK Permanent Representation to the European Union, Brussels, Deputy Military Representative |
| 2014 – 2016 | MOD, Head, Russian Strategic Studies/Wider Europe Policy |
| 2013 – 2014 | Member of Royal College of Defence Studies |
| 2012 – 2013 | Language training (Russian), Defence Academy |
| 2010 – 2012 | Warsaw, British Embassy, Defence Attaché |
| 2007 – 2009 | Defence College Communications Information Systems, Deputy Commandant and Garrison Commander |
| 2003 – 2007 | Stockholm, British Embassy, Defence Attaché |
| 2001 – 2003 | Defence Communications Services Agency, Senior Staff Officer Communication Operations Planning |
| 2000 – 2001 | Defence Academy, Advanced Command and Staff Course, Student |
| 1984 – 2000 | Member of the Royal Air Force (RAF), various appointments |
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