Sir Dominick Chilcott is a retired diplomat who joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1982. He has served as High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and Maldives, 2006 to 2007; Deputy Ambassador to the United States, 2008 to 2011; Ambassador to Iran (for six weeks only in late 2011 – the posting was ended by the attack on the embassy); Ambassador to Ireland, 2012 to 2016; and Ambassador to the Republic of Türkiye, 2018 to 2022. In addition to those postings, Sir Dominick has served in Ankara (1985 to 1988), Lisbon (1993 to 1995) and at the UK’s mission to the European Union in Brussels (1998 to 2002). Between overseas assignments, Sir Dominick has worked in the FCDO in London on European, African and Middle Eastern affairs. He has been a private secretary to two Foreign Secretaries, Sir Malcolm Rifkind and the late Mr Robin Cook. He was director of the Iraq Policy Unit in 2003 and director for bilateral relations with European countries from 2003 to 2006. He studied philosophy and theology at the University of Oxford. Sir Dominick’s hobbies include walking, sport of all kinds, reading, history, music and the theatre.