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| − | {{Template:Revolving Door badge}} | + | {{Template:Revolving Door badge}} Sir [[Sherard Cowper-Coles]] is a former British diplomat, who has served as ambassador in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. [[BAE Systems]] |
| − | Sir [[Sherard Cowper-Coles]] is a former | + | |
| + | After leaving the foreign office, Cowper-Coles joined arms contractor [[BAE Systems]] in 2011 as business development director of its international operating group. He left in 2013. | ||
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| + | He was appointed a non-executive director of [[HSBC Bank Egypt]] on 1 October 2014. <ref> [http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=275098958&privcapId=23697602 Sherard Cowper-Coles], ''Bloomberg'', date, accesssed date </ref> | ||
==Diplomatic career== | ==Diplomatic career== | ||
| − | Cowper-Coles joined the Foreign Office as a desk officer in the Republic of Ireland Department in 1977.<ref>[http://cherwell.larrytech.com/index.php?news=1424 Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles]. Cherwell24, 12 October 2007, accessed 28 March 2008.</ref> He was [[Third Secretary]] and later [[Second Secretary]] in [[Cairo]], 1980–1983, [[First Secretary]] in the Planning Staff of the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], 1983–1985; Private Secretary to the Permanent [[Under-secretary]] of State, 1985–1987, First Secretary in Washington, 1987–1991, Assistant in the Security Policy Department of the FCO, 1991–1993, Resident Associate, [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]], 1993–1994; Head of the Hong Kong Department of the FCO, 1994–1997, Political Counsellor in Paris, 1997–1999; Principal Private Secretary to [[Robin Cook]], the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1999–2001. | + | Cowper-Coles joined the Foreign Office as a desk officer in the [[Republic of Ireland]] Department in 1977.<ref>[http://cherwell.larrytech.com/index.php?news=1424 Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles]. Cherwell24, 12 October 2007, accessed 28 March 2008.</ref> He was [[Third Secretary]] and later [[Second Secretary]] in [[Cairo]], 1980–1983, [[First Secretary]] in the Planning Staff of the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], 1983–1985; Private Secretary to the Permanent [[Under-secretary]] of State, 1985–1987, First Secretary in Washington, 1987–1991, Assistant in the Security Policy Department of the FCO, 1991–1993, Resident Associate, [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]], 1993–1994; Head of the Hong Kong Department of the FCO, 1994–1997, Political Counsellor in Paris, 1997–1999; Principal Private Secretary to [[Robin Cook]], the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1999–2001. |
| − | His first role as a head of mission was in Tel Aviv as the British Ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2003. He was next appointed ambassador to Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, a post that he held until 2006. | + | His first role as a head of mission was in Tel Aviv as the British Ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2003. He was next appointed ambassador to Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, a post that he held until 2006. From May 2007 until 2011 he served as ambassador to Afghanistan in Kabul. |
==Revolving door== | ==Revolving door== | ||
| − | *Business | + | *Business development director, International Operating Group, [[BAE Systems]], February 2011. [[ACOBA]] said, "given that it has been 4 years since he had any involvement with [[BAE Systems]] as HM Ambassador to Riyadh, and that the appointment will be 4 months since his last day of service, the appointment was approved subject to the condition that, for 2 years from his last day of service, he should not become personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of his new employer".<ref> [http://acoba.independent.gov.uk/media/acoba/assets/acobatwelfthreport2010-2011.pdf Twelfth Report 2010-2011] ''Advisory Committee on Business Appointments'', accessed 8 December 2014 </ref> |
==Media management== | ==Media management== | ||
Robert Fisk writes: | Robert Fisk writes: | ||
| − | :Indeed, I remember way back in the late 1970s - when I was Middle East correspondent for The Times - how a British diplomat in Cairo tried to persuade me to fire my local "stringer", an Egyptian Coptic woman who also worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press and who provided a competent coverage of the country when I was in Beirut. "She isn't much good," he said, and suggested I hire a young Englishwoman whom he knew and who - so I later heard - had close contacts in the Foreign Office. | + | :Indeed, I remember way back in the late 1970s - when I was Middle East correspondent for The ''Times'' - how a British diplomat in Cairo tried to persuade me to fire my local "stringer", an Egyptian Coptic woman who also worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press and who provided a competent coverage of the country when I was in Beirut. "She isn't much good," he said, and suggested I hire a young Englishwoman whom he knew and who - so I later heard - had close contacts in the Foreign Office. |
| − | :I refused this spooky proposal. Indeed, I told The Times that I thought it was outrageous that a British diplomat should have tried to engineer the sacking of our part-timer in Cairo. The Times's foreign editor agreed. | + | :I refused this spooky proposal. Indeed, I told The ''Times'' that I thought it was outrageous that a British diplomat should have tried to engineer the sacking of our part-timer in Cairo. The ''Times'''s foreign editor agreed. |
:But it just shows what diplomats can get up to. | :But it just shows what diplomats can get up to. | ||
| − | :And the name of that young British diplomat in Cairo back in the late 1970s? Why, Sherard Cowper-Coles, of course.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-abu-henry-and-the-mysterious-silence-455301.html 'Abu Henry' and the mysterious silence] I guess that's what diplomacy is all about, persuading here, pleading there The Independent, Saturday, 30 June 2007 </ref> | + | :And the name of that young British diplomat in Cairo back in the late 1970s? Why, Sherard Cowper-Coles, of course.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-abu-henry-and-the-mysterious-silence-455301.html 'Abu Henry' and the mysterious silence] I guess that's what diplomacy is all about, persuading here, pleading there ''The Independent'', Saturday, 30 June 2007 </ref> |
==Connections== | ==Connections== | ||
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Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles is a former British diplomat, who has served as ambassador in Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. BAE Systems
After leaving the foreign office, Cowper-Coles joined arms contractor BAE Systems in 2011 as business development director of its international operating group. He left in 2013.
He was appointed a non-executive director of HSBC Bank Egypt on 1 October 2014. [1]
Diplomatic career
Cowper-Coles joined the Foreign Office as a desk officer in the Republic of Ireland Department in 1977.[2] He was Third Secretary and later Second Secretary in Cairo, 1980–1983, First Secretary in the Planning Staff of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1983–1985; Private Secretary to the Permanent Under-secretary of State, 1985–1987, First Secretary in Washington, 1987–1991, Assistant in the Security Policy Department of the FCO, 1991–1993, Resident Associate, International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1993–1994; Head of the Hong Kong Department of the FCO, 1994–1997, Political Counsellor in Paris, 1997–1999; Principal Private Secretary to Robin Cook, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1999–2001.
His first role as a head of mission was in Tel Aviv as the British Ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2003. He was next appointed ambassador to Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, a post that he held until 2006. From May 2007 until 2011 he served as ambassador to Afghanistan in Kabul.
Revolving door
- Business development director, International Operating Group, BAE Systems, February 2011. ACOBA said, "given that it has been 4 years since he had any involvement with BAE Systems as HM Ambassador to Riyadh, and that the appointment will be 4 months since his last day of service, the appointment was approved subject to the condition that, for 2 years from his last day of service, he should not become personally involved in lobbying UK Government Ministers or Crown servants, including Special Advisers, on behalf of his new employer".[3]
Media management
Robert Fisk writes:
- Indeed, I remember way back in the late 1970s - when I was Middle East correspondent for The Times - how a British diplomat in Cairo tried to persuade me to fire my local "stringer", an Egyptian Coptic woman who also worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press and who provided a competent coverage of the country when I was in Beirut. "She isn't much good," he said, and suggested I hire a young Englishwoman whom he knew and who - so I later heard - had close contacts in the Foreign Office.
- I refused this spooky proposal. Indeed, I told The Times that I thought it was outrageous that a British diplomat should have tried to engineer the sacking of our part-timer in Cairo. The Times's foreign editor agreed.
- But it just shows what diplomats can get up to.
- And the name of that young British diplomat in Cairo back in the late 1970s? Why, Sherard Cowper-Coles, of course.[4]
Connections
- Michael Semple
- Frank Gardner, BBC Security Correspondent
Notes
- ↑ Sherard Cowper-Coles, Bloomberg, date, accesssed date
- ↑ Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles. Cherwell24, 12 October 2007, accessed 28 March 2008.
- ↑ Twelfth Report 2010-2011 Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, accessed 8 December 2014
- ↑ 'Abu Henry' and the mysterious silence I guess that's what diplomacy is all about, persuading here, pleading there The Independent, Saturday, 30 June 2007
