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'''Sir Roger Carrick''' is a former British diplomat and an author and business adviser.<ref>http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U10264</ref> | '''Sir Roger Carrick''' is a former British diplomat and an author and business adviser.<ref>http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U10264</ref> | ||
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| + | Carrick was educated at Isleworth Grammar School (now [[Isleworth and Syon School]]). | ||
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| − | + | He passed the examination for Her Majesty's Foreign Service, later Diplomatic Service in 1956, but spent only 11 days there before departing for [[Conscription in the United Kingdom#After 1945|National Service]] in the [[Royal Navy]] 1956–58, during which he learned Russian at the [[Joint Services School for Linguists]]. He then returned to the Foreign Office (later the [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], FCO). He was in London, and was sent to the [[UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies|School of Slavonic and East European Studies]] at [[University of London|London University]] in 1961 to do a degree course in Bulgarian language and literature in one year. He served at Sofia, Paris and Singapore, was a visiting fellow at the Institute of International Studies at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], 1977–78, and a Political Counsellor at the Washington Embassy 1978–82. After further service at the FCO, he was made [[Embassy of the United Kingdom, Washington, D.C.#Consulates|Consul-General at Chicago]] 1985–88, Assistant Under-Secretary (Economic) at the FCO 1988–90, [[British Ambassador to Indonesia|Ambassador to Indonesia]] 1990–94 and [[List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia|High Commissioner to Australia]] 1994–97. | |
After a farewell tour of Australia in the High Commission's champagne oyster-coloured [[Rolls-Royce Silver Spur]] IV. Carrick retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1997 at the then mandatory age of 60. He has been chairman of various companies including Strategy International and Lime Finance.<ref>[http://lime-finance.com/content/about-us About Us] – Lime Finance</ref> | After a farewell tour of Australia in the High Commission's champagne oyster-coloured [[Rolls-Royce Silver Spur]] IV. Carrick retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1997 at the then mandatory age of 60. He has been chairman of various companies including Strategy International and Lime Finance.<ref>[http://lime-finance.com/content/about-us About Us] – Lime Finance</ref> | ||
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| Born | 13 October 1937 |
| Alma mater | Isleworth Grammar School, Joint Services School for Linguists, School of Slavonic and East European Studies |
Sir Roger Carrick is a former British diplomat and an author and business adviser.[1]
Education
Carrick was educated at Isleworth Grammar School (now Isleworth and Syon School).
Career
He passed the examination for Her Majesty's Foreign Service, later Diplomatic Service in 1956, but spent only 11 days there before departing for National Service in the Royal Navy 1956–58, during which he learned Russian at the Joint Services School for Linguists. He then returned to the Foreign Office (later the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, FCO). He was in London, and was sent to the School of Slavonic and East European Studies at London University in 1961 to do a degree course in Bulgarian language and literature in one year. He served at Sofia, Paris and Singapore, was a visiting fellow at the Institute of International Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, 1977–78, and a Political Counsellor at the Washington Embassy 1978–82. After further service at the FCO, he was made Consul-General at Chicago 1985–88, Assistant Under-Secretary (Economic) at the FCO 1988–90, Ambassador to Indonesia 1990–94 and High Commissioner to Australia 1994–97.
After a farewell tour of Australia in the High Commission's champagne oyster-coloured Rolls-Royce Silver Spur IV. Carrick retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1997 at the then mandatory age of 60. He has been chairman of various companies including Strategy International and Lime Finance.[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U10264
- ↑ About Us – Lime Finance
