Change of British High Commissioner to Nigeria

LONDON, United-Kingdom, July 23, 2015/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Mr Paul Arkwright has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Mr Paul Arkwright has been appointed British High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria in succession to Sir Andrew Pocock KCMG, who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Mr Arkwright will take up his appointment during September.

CURRICULUM VITAE

Full name: Paul Thomas Arkwright

Married to: Patricia Anne Holland

Children: One son & one daughter

2013 – present FCO, Director, Multilateral Policy

2009 – 2013 The Hague, Her Majesty's Ambassador

2006 – 2009 FCO, Head, Counter-Proliferation Department

2006 FCO Participant in Higher Command and Staff Course, Defence Academy Shrivenham

2001 – 2005 UKDEL NATO, Political Counsellor

1998 – 2001 Paris, First Secretary Political

1997 – 1998 Secondment to Quai d'Orsay, Paris, UN & International Organisations department

1993 – 1997 UKMis New York, First Secretary Political

1991 – 1993 FCO, Head of Conventional Arms Section Non Proliferation & Defence Department

1988 – 1991 British Military Government Berlin (later British Embassy, Berlin Office), Second Secretary Political

1987 – 1988 FCO, Desk Officer, Hong Kong Department

1986 Joined FCO