Press release
Change of British High Commissioner to Nigeria: Paul Arkwright
Mr Paul Arkwright has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Mr Paul Arkwright has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria in succession to Sir Andrew Pocock KCMG, who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Mr Arkwright will take up his appointment during September.
CURRICULUM VITAE
| Full name: | Paul Thomas Arkwright |
| Married to: | Patricia Anne Holland |
| Children: | One son & one daughter |
| 2013 – present | FCO, Director, Multilateral Policy |
| 2009 – 2013 | The Hague, Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
| 2006 – 2009 | FCO, Head, Counter-Proliferation Department |
| 2006 | FCO Participant in Higher Command and Staff Course, Defence Academy Shrivenham |
| 2001 – 2005 | UKDEL NATO, Political Counsellor |
| 1998 – 2001 | Paris, First Secretary Political |
| 1997 – 1998 | Secondment to Quai d’Orsay, Paris, UN & International Organisations department |
| 1993 – 1997 | UKMis New York, First Secretary Political |
| 1991 – 1993 | FCO, Head of Conventional Arms Section Non Proliferation & Defence Department |
| 1988 – 1991 | British Military Government Berlin (later British Embassy, Berlin Office), Second Secretary Political |
| 1987 – 1988 | FCO, Desk Officer, Hong Kong Department |
| 1986 | Joined FCO |
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Published 23 July 2015