Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates
Mr Philip Parham has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.
Mr Philip Parham
Mr Philip Parham will succeed Mr Dominic Jermey CVO OBE, who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Parham will take up his appointment during July 2014.
Mr Parham joined the FCO in 1993 and has served as British High Commissioner to Tanzania and as Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. He has also been posted in Washington and Riyadh, and has worked at the FCO on several areas including Counter-Terrorism and South Asia. Mr Parham worked for ten years in the private sector before joining the FCO, including six years in Japan.
On his appointment as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Mr Parham has said:
I am delighted to be appointed as British Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. It will be a great privilege to represent the United Kingdom in a country with whom our security, commercial and cultural partnerships are historic, wide-ranging, strategic, crucial and growing.
Curriculum Vitae
| Full name: | Philip Parham |
| Married to: | Anna (Kasia) Parham |
| Children: | Two girls, five boys |
| Apr 2009 – Sep 2013 | New York, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations |
| May 2006 – Feb 2009 | Dar es Salaam, British High Commissioner |
| Jun 2004 – Apr 2006 | FCO, Head, Counter-Terrorism Policy Department |
| Sep 2003 – May 2004 | FCO, Head, Iraq Operations Unit |
| Sep 2000 – Aug 2003 | Riyadh, Director Trade & Investment |
| Jul 1996 – May 2000 | Washington, First Secretary (External/Political) |
| May 1996 – Jul 1996 | Washington, Secondment to US State Department |
| Jul 1995 – May 1996 | FCO, Policy Planning Staff |
| Jan 1995 – Jul 1995 | FCO, Private Secretary to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State |
| Sep 1993 – Dec 1994 | FCO, Head of Pakistan/Afghanistan Section |
| Aug 1992 – Aug 1993 | Director, Barclays de Zoete Wedd Limited (London) |
| Aug 1989 – Jul 1992 | Assistant Director, Barclays de Zoete Wedd Limited (Tokyo) |
| Jan 1986 – Jul 1989 | Morgan Grenfell (Tokyo) |
| Sep 1983 – Dec 1985 | Morgan Grenfell, International Department (London) |
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