About Me: 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.