{"id":68324,"date":"2016-03-08T14:26:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T14:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=9f47d829908998f3c00fce96399ab6c9"},"modified":"2016-03-08T14:26:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T14:26:07","slug":"press-release-change-of-british-high-commissioner-to-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=68324","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Change of British High Commissioner to India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"curriculum-vitae\">Curriculum Vitae<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Full name<\/td>\n<td>The Honourable Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Married to<\/td>\n<td>Louise Asquith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Children<\/td>\n<td>Four<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>2013 \u2013 present<\/td>\n<td>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<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2011 \u2013 2012<\/td>\n<td>Tripoli, Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2011<\/td>\n<td>UK Special Representative Libya<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2007 \u2013 2011<\/td>\n<td>Cairo, Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2006 \u2013 2007<\/td>\n<td>Baghdad, Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2004 \u2013 2006<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Director Iraq<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2004<\/td>\n<td>Baghdad, Deputy Special Representative and Charg\u00e9 d\u2019Affaires<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2001 \u2013 2004<\/td>\n<td>Riyadh, Deputy Head of Mission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1997 \u2013 2001<\/td>\n<td>Buenos Aires, Minister\/Deputy Head of Mission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1997<\/td>\n<td>Spanish Language Training<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1996 \u2013 1997<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Drugs and International Crime Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1992 \u2013 1996<\/td>\n<td>Washington, First Secretary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1990 \u2013 1992<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Private Secretary to Minister of State<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1989 \u2013 1990<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Desk Officer, European Union Department (Internal)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1987 \u2013 1989<\/td>\n<td>Muscat, First Secretary<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1986 \u2013 1987<\/td>\n<td>Damascus, Second Secretary and Head of British Interests Section<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1984 \u2013 1986<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Arabic Language Training<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1983 \u2013 1984<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Southern European Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1983<\/td>\n<td>Joined FCO, French language training followed by Soviet Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1981 \u2013 1983<\/td>\n<td>Executive Secretary, Parliamentary Association for Euro-Arab Co-operation, London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1981<\/td>\n<td>Freelance Journalist, Amman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1979 \u2013 1981<\/td>\n<td>Researcher, Council for the Advancement of Arab British Understanding (CAABU)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1975<\/td>\n<td>Researcher, Institute of Palestinian Studies, Beirut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1975<\/td>\n<td>Musa Alami project, Jericho, West Bank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 id=\"further-information\">Further information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on Twitter <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foreignoffice\">@foreignoffice<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\">Facebook<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/b\/105922144104190309938\/+foreignoffice\/posts\">Google+<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"contact \" id=\"contact_193\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<div class=\"email-url-number\">\n<p class=\"email\">\n              <span class=\"type\">Email<\/span><br \/>\n              <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:newsdesk@fco.gov.uk\">newsdesk@fco.gov.uk<\/a>\n            <\/p>\n<p class=\"tel\">\n              <span class=\"type\">News Desk <\/span><br \/>\n              020 7008 3100\n            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