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Peter Collecott was a Diplomat with the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] for 19 years and is now an adviser with [[BG Group]], [[Smith Group]] Plc and [[The Prince's Charities' International Sustainability Unit]] and a consultant at [[G4S]].

==Career==
Collecott was a Diplomat with the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] between 1989 and 2008. His roles included:<ref> [http://www.gulabin.com/britishdiplomatsdirectory/pdf/britishdiplomatsdirectory.pdf A directory of British Diplomats] ''Gulabin'', accessed 27 November 2014 </ref>
*1989-1993 - Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Embassy, Indonesia,
*1993-1998 - Economic Counsellor, Embassy, Germany,
*1999-2001 - Director, Resources, [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]
*2001-2004 - Deputy Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Chief Clerk
*2004-2008 - Ambassador to Brazil

===Revolving door===
In June 2009 he was appointed as an adviser on Brazil and external relations to the oil and gas company [[BG Group]] plc, the role was approved by [[ACOBA]] "subject to a waiting period of six months from his last day in post and the condition that, for 12 months from the same date, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of his new employer".<ref name="LI"> [https://uk.linkedin.com/pub/peter-collecott/13/86b/708 Peter Collecott] ''Linkedin'', accessed 27 November 2014 </ref><ref name="AC"> [http://acoba.independent.gov.uk/media/20565/acobaeleventhreport2009-2010.pdf Eleventh Report 2009-2010] ''Advisory Committee on Business Appointments'', accessed 27 November 2014 </ref>

In August 2009 he was appointed as an adviser to the engineering company [[Smiths Group]] plc, the role was approved by [[ACOBA]] "subject to the condition that, for 12 months from his last day in post, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of his new employer".<ref name="AC"/>

In September 2009 he was appointed a consultant at security company [[G4S]] plc., the role was approved by [[ACOBA]] "subject to the condition that, for 12 months from his last day in post, he should not be personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisors, on behalf of his new employer".<ref name="AC"/>

He has also been a special adviser to the [[The Prince's Charities' International Sustainability Unit]] since October 2010.<ref name="LI"/>

==Notes==
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[[Category:Diplomats|Collecott, Peter]][[Category:Revolving Door|Collecott, Peter]][[Category:ACOBA|Collecott, Peter]]

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