Speaker
Colin CROOKS
- Affliation
- Ambassador of Great Britain to the ROK
Biography
・2022 – present Her Majesty’s Ambassador, British Embassy Seoul
・2018 – 2021 Her Majesty’s Ambassador, British Embassy Pyongyang
・2015 – 2018 Minister Counsellor, British Embassy Beijing
・2011 – 2015 Deputy Head of Mission, later Chargé d’Affaires (on loan to European External Action Service), EU Delegation Jakarta
・2009 – 2011 Deputy Head, South East Asia & Pacific Department, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO)
・2008 FCO, Senior Policy Adviser on North Korea
・2008 Chargé d’Affaires, British Embassy Pyongyang
・2008 On loan to Cabinet Office
・2006 – 2008 Deputy Programme Director, Corporate Services, FCO
・2002 – 2006 First Secretary, British Embassy Washington
・2000 – 2002 Principal Speechwriter to the Foreign Secretary, FCO
・1999 – 2000 Head of Section, European Directorate, FCO
・1998 – 1999 First Secretary, British Embassy Seoul
・1995 – 1998 Second Secretary, British Embassy Seoul
・1993 – 1995 Language Training (Korean)
・1992 Joined FCO
・2018 – 2021 Her Majesty’s Ambassador, British Embassy Pyongyang
・2015 – 2018 Minister Counsellor, British Embassy Beijing
・2011 – 2015 Deputy Head of Mission, later Chargé d’Affaires (on loan to European External Action Service), EU Delegation Jakarta
・2009 – 2011 Deputy Head, South East Asia & Pacific Department, Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO)
・2008 FCO, Senior Policy Adviser on North Korea
・2008 Chargé d’Affaires, British Embassy Pyongyang
・2008 On loan to Cabinet Office
・2006 – 2008 Deputy Programme Director, Corporate Services, FCO
・2002 – 2006 First Secretary, British Embassy Washington
・2000 – 2002 Principal Speechwriter to the Foreign Secretary, FCO
・1999 – 2000 Head of Section, European Directorate, FCO
・1998 – 1999 First Secretary, British Embassy Seoul
・1995 – 1998 Second Secretary, British Embassy Seoul
・1993 – 1995 Language Training (Korean)
・1992 Joined FCO