HE Mr Giles Paxman, CMG, LVO

Career: diplomat; with DOE 1974-78, Ecole Nationale d'Administration Paris 1978-79, with Dept of Tport 1979-80, first sec UKREP Brussels 1980-84, EC Dept (External) FCO 1980-84, Southern European Dept FCO 1986-88, head of Chancery Singapore 1988-91, dep head Assessments Staff Cabinet Office 1991-93, cnsllr (economic and commercial affrs) Rome 1994-98, cnsllr (political and institutional affrs) UKREP Brussels 1999-2002, min and dep head of mission Paris 2002-05, ambass to Mexico 2005-09, ambass to Spain 2009-