Curriculum Vitae
Full name: Jonathan Benjamin
Married to: Carolina Vasquez
Children: One son
| Dates | Role |
|---|---|
| 2017 to 2020 | FCDO, Director of Learning, Principal of the Diplomatic Academy; also FCO, Alternate Director, Operations, COVID-19 Taskforce (March – June 2020) |
| 2014 to 2017 | Accra, High Commissioner and Her Majesty’s Non-Resident Ambassador to Togo, Benin and Burkina Faso |
| 2009 to 2014 | Santiago, Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
| 2009 | Full-time Language Training (Spanish) |
| 2008 to 2009 | Secondments as adviser to the Boards of AIG (New York) and Eurasia Group (New York) |
| 2005 to 2008 | New York, Deputy, later Acting, Consul-General |
| 2002 to 2005 | FCO, Head, Human Rights Policy Department |
| 2000 to 2001 | FCO, Deputy Head, Drugs and International Crime Department |
| 2000 | FCO, Head, Zimbabwe Emergency Unit |
| 1996 to 1999 | Ankara, First Secretary (Head of Political Section) |
| 1995 to 1996 | Full-time Language Training (Turkish) |
| 1993 to 1995 | FCO, Private Secretary to Minister for Europe and Latin America |
| 1992 to 1993 | FCO, Head of Section (Central Asia/Caucasus), Eastern Department |
| 1988 to 1991 | Jakarta, Third, later Second Secretary (Political) |
| 1987 to 1988 | Full-time Language Training (Indonesian) |
| 1986 to 1987 | FCO, Desk Officer for Burma and Laos |
| 1986 | DFID (then ODA), Desk Officer for Pakistan |
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Published 19 January 2021
