Degree in Modern Languages, University of
Oxford. With UK Foreign Office: 1986-90,
posted to British Embassy, Tokyo; 1990-95, FCO
Middle East and North Africa Department, then
Communications/Media team, London; 1995-
2000, posted to British Embassy, South Africa;
2000-08, posted to British Embassy, Paris; 2005-
08, seconded to Unilever as Head of Public
Affairs for Africa, Middle East and Turkey;
2008-10, Head of Public Diplomacy. 2010, joined
Anglo American, London; currently, Head of
Government Relations.