JAMES WILFRID WATT

CVO

Chairman, Council for British Research in the Levant

www. cbrl.org.uk

Previous Career

British Diplomatic Service 1977-2014

Ambassador to Egypt 2011-2014

Ambassador to Jordan 2006-2011

Ambassador to Lebanon 2003-2006

Director Consular Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London 2000-2003

Sabbatical at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London 1990-2000

Deputy High Commissioner to Pakistan 1996-1998

Deputy Head of Mission, Jordan 1992-1996

Deputy Director, United Nations Department, FCO, London 1989-1992

First Secretary (Middle East), UK Permanent Mission to the UN, New York 1985-1989

Central America Department, FCO, London 1983-1985

First Secretary (Political), British Embassy Abu Dhabi 1980-1983

Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London 1977-1978

Early career

Freelance Interpreter and Broadcaster, Madrid, 1975-77

Management Trainee at Kleinwort Benson Ltd, 1974-75

Other current positions

Chairman, Scholarship Committee, British Lebanese Association www.britishlebanese.org

Trustee, the Buddhist Society www.thebuddhistsociety.org

Education

The Queen's College, Oxford (BA in Modern Languages 1973)