Education
Pocock was educated at Street Mary"s College, Trinidad, Queen Mary, University of London (Bachelor, Master of Arts) and Peterhouse, Cambridge (Doctor of Philosophy).
Pocock was educated at Street Mary"s College, Trinidad, Queen Mary, University of London (Bachelor, Master of Arts) and Peterhouse, Cambridge (Doctor of Philosophy).
He joined the Foreign Office in 1981. He has been stationed in Lagos (1983-1986), Washington District of Columbia, United States (1988-1992), Canberra (1997-2001), Dar es Salaam (2003-2006), Harare, Zimbabwe (2006-2009), Canada (2011-2012) and Nigeria (2012-2015). In July 2015 the Foreign Office announced that Pocock was to retire from the Diplomatic Service.