Change of Governor of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha: Mr Nigel Phillips CBE
Published By GOV.UK [English], Mon, Apr 4, 2022 7:49 AM
Mr Nigel Phillips CBE has been appointed Governor of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in succession to Dr Philip Rushbrook. Mr Phillips will take up his appointment during August 2022.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Full name: Nigel Phillips
Married to: Emma Phillips
Children: One daughter
2017 – present
Governor of the Falkland Islands and Her Majesty’s Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
2016 – 2017
Ministry of Defence (MOD), UK Permanent Representation to the European Union, Brussels, Deputy Military Representative
2014 – 2016
MOD, Head, Russian Strategic Studies/Wider Europe Policy
2013 – 2014
Member of Royal College of Defence Studies
2012 – 2013
Language training (Russian), Defence Academy
2010 – 2012
Warsaw, Defence Attaché
2007 – 2009
Defence College of Communications and Information Systems, Deputy Commandant and Garrison Commander
2003 – 2007
Stockholm, Defence Attaché
2001 – 2003
Defence Communications Services Agency, Senior Staff Officer Communication Operations Planning
2000 – 2001
Defence Academy, Advanced Command and Staff Course, Student
1984 – 2017
Royal Air Force, Commissioned Officer, various appointments
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