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Tom Phillips (diplomat)
Sir Tom
Richard Vaughan
Phillips
, 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
. Phillips became
British High Commissioner to Uganda
in 2000, UK
Special Representative
for
Afghanistan
in 2002 and
British Ambassador to Israel
in 2006. He went on to be
British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
in 2010 and Commandant of the
Royal College
of
Defence Studies
from 2014 to 2018. He is an
Honorary Fellow
of
St Edmund's College, Cambridge
.
Family
In 1986 Phillips married Anne de
la Motte
; they have two sons.
