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[[Sherard Cowper-Coles]] was the [[British Ambassador in Afghanistan]].
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'''Sir Sherard Louis Cowper-Coles''' is a UK [[spook]] who has held various diplomatic positions.
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==Career==
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|text=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]].
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:I refused this [[spook]]y 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.
  
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==Diplomatic career==
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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.
 
  
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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 [[UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia]] in Riyadh, a post that he held until 2006. Since 15 May 2007 he has served as ambassador to Afghanistan in Kabul.
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:And the name of that young British diplomat in Cairo back in the late 1970s? Why, Sherard Cowper-Coles, of course.
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|source_title='Abu Henry' and the mysterious silence
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==Media management==
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===UK/FCO===
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[[Robert Fisk]] writes:
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Cowper-Coles joined the [[UK 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,
  
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: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]].
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====Paris====
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1994–1997, Political Counsellor in Paris. [[John Morgan]] charged in his 2012 book ''[[Paris-London Connection]]'' that Cowper-Coles was involved in the Paris side of the [[assassination of Diana Spencer]].<ref>https://www.celebdirtylaundry.com/2012/princess-diana-murdered-by-senior-royals-new-book-reveals-0817/</ref><ref>https://princessdianadeaththeevidence.weebly.com/paris-london-connection.html</ref>
  
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: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.
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1997–1999; Principal Private Secretary to [[Robin Cook]], the [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]], 1999–2001.
  
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:But it just shows what diplomats can get up to.
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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 [[UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia]] in Riyadh, a post that he held until 2006.  Since 15 May 2007 he has been ambassador to Afghanistan in Kabul.
  
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: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>
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===Arms industry===
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In 2011 Cowper-Coles started work for [[BAE Systems]].
  
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===Banking===
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Cowper-Coles 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>
 
==Connections==
 
==Connections==
 
*[[Michael Semple]]
 
*[[Michael Semple]]

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Person.png Sherard Cowper-Coles   Powerbase TwitterRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(spook, diplomat, banker, businessman)
Sherard Cowper-Coles.jpg
Born1955-01-08
London, England
NationalityBritish
Alma materHertford College (Oxford)
SpouseBridget Mary Elliott
Spooky UK diplomat

Employment.png Non-executive director

In office
1 October 2014 - Present
EmployerHSBC Bank Egypt
"?" contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.

Employment.png Chairman of Pitzhanger Manor Trust

In office
August 2012 - ?
EmployerHSBC

Sir Sherard Louis Cowper-Coles is a UK spook who has held various diplomatic positions.

Career

“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.”
Robert Fisk (30 June 2007)  'Abu Henry' and the mysterious silence [1]

UK/FCO

Cowper-Coles joined the UK 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,

Paris

1994–1997, Political Counsellor in Paris. John Morgan charged in his 2012 book Paris-London Connection that Cowper-Coles was involved in the Paris side of the assassination of Diana Spencer.[3][4]

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 UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, a post that he held until 2006. Since 15 May 2007 he has been ambassador to Afghanistan in Kabul.

Arms industry

In 2011 Cowper-Coles started work for BAE Systems.

Banking

Cowper-Coles was appointed a non-executive director of HSBC Bank Egypt on 1 October 2014. [5]

Connections

References

  1. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20091030110336/http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-abu-henry-and-the-mysterious-silence-455301.html The Independent
  2. ↑ Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles. Cherwell24, 12 October 2007, accessed 28 March 2008.
  3. ↑ https://www.celebdirtylaundry.com/2012/princess-diana-murdered-by-senior-royals-new-book-reveals-0817/
  4. ↑ https://princessdianadeaththeevidence.weebly.com/paris-london-connection.html
  5. ↑ Sherard Cowper-Coles, Bloomberg, date, accesssed date
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