John Weston (ex UK diplomat)
Sir John Weston joined the Board of British Telecom on 1 October 1998. According to the BT Annual Report 2000, he retired as Britain’s Ambassador to the United Nations in New York in July 1998. Sir John was formerly British Ambassador to NATO. He is also a non-executive director of Hakluyt & Co and Rolls-Royce, and honorary president of the UK-wide Community Foundation Network. Aged 63 (in 2001).[1] In the Annual Report 2002 he is no longer a member of the BT board.
Career
- Foreign Office officer 1962-1998.
- United Kingdom Ambassador to NATO 1992-1995.
- Ambassador to the United Nations, sitting on the Security Council, 1995-1998.
- Non-executive director of BT Group plc from 1998 to 2002.
- Director of Rolls-Royce since 1998.
- Governor of the Ditchley Foundation.
- Non-executive director of Hakluyt & Co Ltd., a private intelligence group set up and managed by former or present MI6 agents.
- Member of the the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
- Honorary President of the Community Foundation Network (UK).
- Chairman of Governors of Sherborne School, and
- Honorary Fellow of Worcester College Oxford.
- Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.
- Pilgrims Society [2]
