Mr Robert Chatterton Dickson has been appointed British High Commissioner to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in succession to Ms Alison Blake CMG who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Mr Chatterton Dickson will take up his appointment in March 2019.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Full name: Robert Maurice French Chatterton Dickson
Married to: Teresa Albor
Children: Two daughters, one stepdaughter and one stepson
| 2018 to present | FCO, Additional Director, Western Balkans Programme |
| 2017 to 2018 | Cabinet Office, Director Secretariat and Implementation, National Security Secretariat |
| 2015 to 2017 | Cabinet Office, Director Foreign Policy, National Security Secretariat |
| 2013 to 2015 | Kabul, Deputy Head of Mission then Chargé d’Affaires |
| 2010 to 2013 | Chicago, Her Majesty’s Consul General |
| 2007 to 2010 | FCO, Joint Head, Counter Terrorism Department |
| 2004 to 2007 | Skopje, Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
| 2003 to 2004 | FCO, Travel Advice Policy Review Lead, Consular Directorate |
| 2003 | FCO, Deputy Head, Security and Operations, Iraq Policy Unit |
| 2000 to 2003 | FCO, Head, NATO Section, Security Policy Department |
| 1998 to 2000 | Washington, Private Secretary to HM Ambassador |
| 1997 to 1998 | Washington, Press Officer |
| 1995 to 1996 | FCO, Head, Peacekeeping Section, UN Department |
| 1991 to 1994 | Manila, Political and Press Officer |
| 1990 to 1991 | FCO, Desk Officer, Nuclear Section, Security Policy Department |