Tom Phillips (diplomat)

Sir Tom Phillips KCMG
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 (1950-06-21) 21 June 1950 (age 74)
Spouse	Anne de la Motte ​ (m. 1986)​
Children	2

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.

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.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Michael Cook	British High Commissioner to Uganda 2000–2002	Succeeded by Adam Wood
Preceded by Sir Simon McDonald	British Ambassador to Israel 2006–2010	Succeeded by Matthew Gould
Preceded by Sir William Patey	British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia 2010–2012	Succeeded by Sir John Jenkins
Military offices
Preceded by Sir David Bill	Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies 2014–2018	Succeeded by Sir Simon Gass