Jonathan Sinclair | |
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Director, Human Resources, Foreign and Commonwealth Office | |
Assumed office October 2018 | |
Preceded by | Jill Gallard |
Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | |
In office January 2018 – October 2018 | |
Preceded by | Martin Reynolds |
Succeeded by | Serena Stone |
Personal details | |
Born | citation needed] Victoria, Seychelles | 13 October 1970 [
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Helen Sinclair |
Children | 3 |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Jonathan William Rossiter Sinclair LVO (born 13 October 1970[ citation needed]) is a British diplomat who is Director of Human Resources at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Sinclair was educated at Radley College and studied at Oxford University for a BA degree in PPE and at Johns Hopkins University for a Master's degree in International Relations. [1] After short stints in media and tourism he joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1996. He was a Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary (then Jack Straw) 2002–04, and head of the political team at the British embassy in Washington, D.C., 2005–09. [2] He was High Commissioner to New Zealand, non-resident High Commissioner to Samoa, and non-resident Governor of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands 2014–18. [3]
Sinclair was appointed LVO in 2007 following a state visit by The Queen to the United States. [4]