Education
University of Surrey.
University of Surrey.
Jon Benjamin was brought up in Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire, attending Slough Grammar School. He read German and Swedish at the University of Surrey. 1986: Desk Officer for Pakistan
1986–1987: Desk Officer for Burma and Laos, South East Asian Department
1988–1991: Jakarta, Third, later Second Secretary (Political)
1992–1993: Head of Section for Central Asia and the Caucasus, Eastern Department
1993–1995: Chief-of-staff to Minister of State responsible for European Union/Europe and Latin America
1996–1999: Ankara, First Secretary, Head of Political and Public Affairs Section
2000: Head of Zimbabwe Emergency Unit
2000–2002: Deputy Head, Drugs and International Crime Department
2002–2005: Head of Human Rights Policy Department
2005: Washington, District of Columbia, Counsellor (Counter-terrorism and Human Rights)
2005–2008: New York, Deputy Consul General & Deputy Head of Mission,subsequently Acting Consul General
2008–2009: New York, Secondment to Eurasia Group (political risk consultancy), Adviser to the president
2009–2014: Ambassador to Chile
2014: High Commissioner to Ghana.
