{"id":85332,"date":"2017-10-13T13:25:25","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T13:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=19ddcd676f06b9a9e5cdd4f6567d85d8"},"modified":"2017-10-13T13:25:25","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T13:25:25","slug":"press-release-change-of-her-majestys-ambassador-to-finland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=85332","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Change of Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Mr Tom Dodd has been appointed Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the Republic of Finland in succession to Ms Sarah Price who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment.  Mr Dodd will take up his appointment during January 2018.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Full name:<\/td>\n<td>Thomas Erik Dodd<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>CURRICULUM VITAE<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>2016 \u2013 present<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Head, Counter Terrorism Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2013 \u2013 2015<\/td>\n<td>FCO, Head, South East Asia Department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2011 \u2013 2012<\/td>\n<td>Cabinet Office, Deputy Chief Assessments Staff, Joint Intelligence Organisation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2009 \u2013 2010<\/td>\n<td>Kabul, Deputy Ambassador<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2007 \u2013 2008<\/td>\n<td>Home Office, Head of Border &amp; Visa Policy, UK Border Agency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2006 \u2013 2007<\/td>\n<td>Home Office, International Delivery Director &amp; Europe Director, Immigration and Nationality Directorate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2005<\/td>\n<td>Home Office, Deputy Director, European Policy, Immigration and Nationality Directorate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2005<\/td>\n<td>Cabinet Office, Desk Officer, Civil Contingencies Secretariat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2004<\/td>\n<td>Basra, Deputy Consul General<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2001 \u2013 2003<\/td>\n<td>Cabinet Office, Desk Officer (Asia &amp; Middle East), Overseas and Defence Secretariat<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1998 \u2013 2001<\/td>\n<td>Cabinet Office, Desk Officer (Asia), Joint Intelligence Organisation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1991 \u2013 1998<\/td>\n<td>House of Commons Research Service, Assistant and later Senior Clerk, International Affairs and Defence Section<\/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> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignoffice?ref=hl\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Follow the Foreign Office on <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ukforeignoffice\/\">Instagram<\/a>, <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ukforeignoffice\">YouTube<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/foreign-and-commonwealth-office?trk=biz-companies-cym\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"contact postal-address\" id=\"contact_193\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<h3>Media enquiries<\/h3>\n<div class=\"vcard contact-inner\">\n<p class=\"adr\">\n<span class=\"street-address\">For journalists <\/span>\n<\/p>\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\">Newsdesk <\/span><br \/>\n              020 7008 3100\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Tom Dodd has been appointed Her Majesty\u2019s Ambassador to the Republic of Finland in succession to Ms Sarah Price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}