Education
Merton College.
Merton College.
Educated at Westcliff High School for Boys. And then Merton College, Oxford, Jack joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1972 after serving with the VSO is Laos. After joining the Eastern European and Soviet Department, Jack took posts in Tokyo and Moscow.
He went on secondment to the Bank of England from 1984-1985, and then returning to Tokyo for another four-year posting.
In 1989, Jack served as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office"s Diplomatic Service Inspector, before being posted to Saint St. Petersburg as Consul-General from 1992 to 1995. He then served as Head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office"s Research Analysts cadre from 1996-1999, returning to Tokyo as Minister.
After a brief spell back in the office in 2003-2004, Jack took his last posting as Governor of the Cayman Islands in 2005, retiring in 2009. Jack has been Chief Scout of The Scout Association of the Cayman Islands since October 2006.
In his youth, he was involved in, including time as a Cub Scout.