Tom Phillips (diplomat)

Sir Tom Richard Vaughan Phillips, KCMG (born 21 June 1950) is a diplomat who served as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 2014 to 2018.

Career

Educated at the University of Exeter, Jesus College, Oxford and Wolfson College, Oxford, Phillips spent three years as a journalist and then undertook diplomatic postings in Zimbabwe, Israel and the United States of America.[1] Phillips became British High Commissioner to Uganda in 2000, UK Special Representative for Afghanistan in 2002 and British Ambassador to Israel in 2006.[2] He went on to be British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2010[3] and Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 2014 to 2018.[4] He is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge.[5]

Family

In 1986 Phillips married Anne de la Motte; they have two sons.[1]

References

  1. Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
  2. "Sir Tom Phillips KCMG". Chatham House. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  4. "Sir Tom Phillips KCMG". The Von Hügel Institute. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  5. "St Edmund's College – University of Cambridge". www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Michael Cook
British High Commissioner to Uganda
2000–2002
Succeeded by
Adam Wood
Preceded by
Sir Simon McDonald
Ambassador to Israel
2006–2010
Succeeded by
Matthew Gould
Preceded by
Sir William Patey
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2010–2012
Succeeded by
Sir John Jenkins
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir David Bill
Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies
2014–2018
Succeeded by
Sir Simon Gass
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