Jamie Bowden
James Nicholas Geoffrey Bowden is a British diplomat who is ambassador to Chile.Career
Bowden was educated at Eton, then served in the Royal Green Jackets 1980–86. He then joined the diplomatic service and served at Aden, Khartoum, Washington, Riyadh and at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He was deputy head of mission in Kabul in 2002, Kuwait 2003–04, Baghdad 2004–05, and Kuwait again 2005–06. He was ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain 2006–11 and to the Sultanate of Oman 2011–14. He was seconded as deputy private secretary to the Prince of Wales 2014–17. He took up his post as ambassador to the Republic of Chile in June 2018.Honours
Bowden was appointed OBE in 2002 "in recognition of services in support of operations in Afghanistan", CMG in the 2012 New Year Honours, and MVO in the 2017 New Year Honours.
