Michael Forbes Smith, Esq's Biography
- Forename(s)
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Michael Forbes
- Sex
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Male
- Date of Birth
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4/6/1948 Aberdeen
- Surname
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SMITH
- Style
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Michael Forbes Smith, Esq
- Recreations
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music, Scotland, sailing, field and winter sports, entertaining and conviviality
Michael Forbes Smith, Esq's Professional Career
- Career
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Bd of Trade 1966-68, cmmnd Gordon Highlanders 1971 (ret as Capt 1978); entered HM Dip Serv 1978, second sec FCO 1978-79, second later first sec and head of Chancery Addis Ababa 1979-83, political advsr to govr Port Stanley 1983-85, SE Asia Dept then FO spokesman FCO 1985-89, consul (commercial) Zürich 1990-94, head of press and public affrs Bonn 1994-99, dep high cmmr Islamabad 1999-2003, first resident ambass to Tajikistan 2002-04, ret; fndr Tempered and True Consultancy (dip skills devpt) 2004, advsr Gulf International Minerals Ltd 2004-06, DG Chartered Inst of Arbitrators 2006-; dir: IDRS Ltd 2007-11, City Disputes Panel 2010, 12 Bloomsbury Square 2011; vice-pres St Thomas More PC Bonn 1996-99, memb Appeal Ctee and Church Cncl Farm St Church Mayfair 1986-90; chm Bonn Caledonian Soc 1995-99; contrib Piping Times; FRGS 1971, FRSA 1991, FSA Scot 1995, MCIArb (accredited mediator 2007), DipIoD 2010
Michael Forbes Smith, Esq's Publications
- Books and Publications
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Arbitration (contrib, 2011)
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