Tom Phillips (diplomat)

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.

Sir Tom Phillips
KCMG
British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
In office
September 2010 – 2012
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded bySir William Patey
Succeeded bySir John Jenkins
British Ambassador to Israel
In office
2006–2010
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Gordon Brown
Preceded bySir Simon McDonald
Succeeded byMatthew Gould
British High Commissioner to Uganda
In office
2000–2002
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Preceded byMichael Cook
Succeeded byAdam Wood
Personal details
SpouseAnne de la Motte

Career

Educated 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

In 1986 Phillips married Anne de la Motte; they have two sons.[1]

References
  1. Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
  2. "Sir Tom Phillips KCMG". Chatham House. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia". Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 21 June 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  4. "Sir Tom Phillips KCMG". The Von Hügel Institute. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  5. "St Edmund's College – University of Cambridge". www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
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