Sir Tom Richard Vaughan Phillips, KCMG (born 21 June 1950) is a diplomat who served as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 2014 to 2018.
Tom Phillips | |
|---|---|
| British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia | |
| In office September 2010 – 2012 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Sir William Patey |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Jenkins |
| British Ambassador to Israel | |
| In office 2006–2010 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Sir Simon McDonald |
| Succeeded by | Matthew Gould |
| British High Commissioner to Uganda | |
| In office 2000–2002 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Michael Cook |
| Succeeded by | Adam Wood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tom Richard Vaughan Phillips 21 June 1950 |
| Spouse |
Anne de la Motte (m. 1986) |
| Children | 2 |
Career
editEducated at the University of Exeter, Jesus College, Oxford, and Wolfson College, Oxford, Phillips spent three years as a journalist and then undertook diplomatic postings in Zimbabwe, Israel, and the United States of America.[1] Phillips became British High Commissioner to Uganda in 2000, UK Special Representative for Afghanistan in 2002 and British Ambassador to Israel in 2006.[2] He went on to be British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2010[3] and Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 2014 to 2018.[4] He is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge.[5]
Family
editIn 1986 Phillips married Anne de la Motte; they have two sons.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
- ^ "Sir Tom Phillips KCMG". Chatham House. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ^ "Sir Tom Phillips KCMG". The Von Hügel Institute. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ^ "St Edmund's College – University of Cambridge". www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2018.