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Tim Hitchens

Tim Hitchens

Economic Secretary and Japanese interpreter

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    President, Wolfson College Oxford

  • Education

    • University of Cambridge

      1980 - 1983
      Bachelor’s Degree English Literature (British and Commonwealth)

  • Experience

    • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

      Sept 1985 - Oct 1989
      Economic Secretary and Japanese interpreter

      Japanese interpretation. Trade policy issues.

    • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

      May 1990 - Oct 1997

      Political relations with Pakistan and Afghanistan: nuclear, Taliban, Kashmir. Speechwriter for Douglas Hurd and John Major Private Secretary to Tristan Garel-Jones. Negotiating Maastricht Treaty, taking Maastricht Bill through House of Commons, UK Presidency of the EU 1992. Also responsible for Latin America.

      • Head of Political Team, British Embassy

        Jul 1994 - Oct 1997

      • Speechwriter to Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister

        May 1993 - Jul 1994

      • Private Secretary to Minister for Europe

        May 1990 - Apr 1993

    • Buckingham Palace

      Dec 1998 - Oct 2002
      Private Secretary to The Queen

      Member of the 2/3 person team supporting The Queen's official duties.

    • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

      Oct 2002 - Sept 2008

      Deputy Ambassador. Responsible for network of 250 people in Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille. Running British policy on West, East and Central Africa. Running the team leading British government response to crises like Bali bombing which endanger British citizens.

      • Minister, British Embassy Paris

        Aug 2005 - Sept 2008

      • Head of Africa Department (Equatorial)

        Mar 2003 - Jul 2005

      • Head of Consular Crisis Team

        Oct 2002 - Mar 2003

    • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

      Oct 2009 - Dec 2016

      Running relations between Britain and Japan. Leading a team of 130 in Tokyo and Osaka. British relations with all of sub-Saharan Africa. Policy on eg Somalia, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Kenya. Network of 8000 people. Running British Embassies in Europe from Iceland to Cyprus to Belarus. Policy on the Balkans, Turkey, EU enlargement.

      • Ambassador

        Jan 2012 - Dec 2016

      • Director Africa

        Jul 2010 - Apr 2012

      • Director European Political Affairs

        Oct 2009 - Jul 2010

    • Commonwealth Summit 2018

      Feb 2017 - Apr 2018
      CEO

    • Wolfson College, Oxford

      Apr 2018 - now
      President

    • Commonwealth War Graves Commission

      Jan 2020 - now
      Commissioner

    • Daiwa UK-Japan Foundation

      Jun 2020 - now
      Chairman

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Advanced Japanese and French

      Foreign and Commonwealth Office
      Sept 1986

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Tim Hitchens
      KCVO, CMG -