Career

February 2008 to present

Chairman, Assessment and Evaluation Commission

2003-2007

Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt

2000-2003

Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

1997-2000

Director, Middle East and North Africa, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)

1996-1997

Director, Drugs and International Crime, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
Coordinator, International Drugs, FCO

1992-1996

Head of Chancery, UK Mission to the UN, New York

1988-1992

Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy, Riyadh

1984-1988

First Secretary, Commercial, British Embassy, Washington, DC

1982-1984

Desk Officer, Middle East Department, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)

1980-1982

Desk Officer, Southern European Department, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)

1977-1980

First Secretary, Chancery, British Embassy, Cairo

1975-1977

Second Secretary, Chancery, British Embassy, Jedda

1973-1975

Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, Lebanon

1972-1973

Desk Officer, United Nations Department, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)

1972

Joined the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)

Personal

1970-1972

Teacher, Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) in Pakistan

1966-1969

BA Honors in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, Magdalen College, Oxford

Sir Derek is married to Nadia Yussef Gohar and has two sons and one daughter.