Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG
Biography
The Honourable Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG was British High Commissioner to the Republic of India.
Curriculum Vitae
| Full name | The Honourable Sir Dominic Asquith KCMG |
| Married to | Louise Asquith |
| Children | Four |
| 2016 - 2019 | British High Commissioner to India |
| 2013 - 2015 | Senior Adviser, Dentons LLP; Senior Director, Macro Advisory Partners; Senior Adviser, Group DF International; Chairman, Libyan British Business Council; Adviser, Tatweer Research; Adviser, Libya Holdings Group; Board of Advisers, Tamweel Capital; Board of Trustees, Institute of Statecraft |
| 2011 – 2012 | Tripoli, Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
| 2011 | UK Special Representative Libya |
| 2007 – 2011 | Cairo, Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
| 2006 – 2007 | Baghdad, Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
| 2004 – 2006 | FCO, Director Iraq |
| 2004 Baghdad | Deputy Special Representative and Chargé d’Affaires |
| 2001 – 2004 | Riyadh, Deputy Head of Mission |
| 1997 – 2001 | Buenos Aires, Minister/Deputy Head of Mission |
| 1997 | Spanish Language Training |
| 1996 – 1997 | FCO, Drugs and International Crime Department |
| 1992 – 1996 | Washington, First Secretary |
| 1990 – 1992 | FCO, Private Secretary to Minister of State |
| 1989 – 1990 | FCO, Desk Officer, European Union Department (Internal) |
| 1987 – 1989 | Muscat, First Secretary |
| 1986 – 1987 | Damascus, Second Secretary and Head of British Interests Section |
| 1984 – 1986 | FCO, Arabic Language Training |
| 1983 – 1984 | FCO, Southern European Department |
| 1983 Joined | FCO, French language training followed by Soviet Department |
| 1981 – 1983 | Executive Secretary, Parliamentary Association for Euro-Arab Co-operation, London |
| 1981 | Freelance Journalist, Amman |
| 1979 – 1981 | Researcher, Council for the Advancement of Arab British Understanding (CAABU) |
| 1975 | Researcher, Institute of Palestinian Studies, Beirut |
| 1975 | Musa Alami project, Jericho, West Bank |
Previous roles in government
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British High Commissioner to the Republic of India