Background
Sawers, John was born on July 26, 1955 in Warwickshire, England. Son of Colin Simon Hawkesley and Daphne Anne Sawers.
ambassador British intelligence official
Sawers, John was born on July 26, 1955 in Warwickshire, England. Son of Colin Simon Hawkesley and Daphne Anne Sawers.
Bachelor of Science in Physics and Philosophy, University Nottingham, England, 1977. Student, University St. Andrews. Student, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.
Staff British Foreign & Commonwealth Office (Foreign and Commonwealth Office), 1977—1982, political officer Damascus, Syria, 1982—1984, dest officer European Union department London, 1984—1986, private secretary to minister of state, 1986—1987, principal private secretary to foreign secretary Douglas Hurd, 1993—1995, counsellor foreign & defense policy team, British Embassy Washington, 1996—1999, foreign affairs advisor to Prime Minister Tony Blair London, 1999—2001, ambassador to Egypt Cairo, 2001—2003, United Kingdom special representative Baghdad, Iraq, 2003, political director Foreign & Commonwealth Office London, 2003—2007, British permanent representative to United Nations New York City, 2007—2009. International fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1995—1996. Chief British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), since 2009.
Married Avril Helen Shelley Lamb, 1981. 3 children.