Sir Christopher Leslie George Mallaby Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Street Michael and Street George Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order is a British diplomat.
Background
The son of Brigadier A. W. S. Mallaby International Commission on Illumination Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and Margaret Catherine Mallaby, he was educated at Eton College and studied Modern Languages and History at Kings College, Cambridge.
Education
In 1971 he studied at Harvard Business School.
Career
After leaving university entered Her Majesty"s Diplomatic Service in 1959. He was British Ambassador to Germany 1988-1992, British Ambassador to France 1993-1996 and Managing Director of Union Bank of Switzerland Investment Bank. He was Chairman of Somerset House Trust from 2002–2006, and Trustee of the Tate Gallery Group 1996-2002.
He is also as of 2011 a Trustee Director and Deputy-Chairman of Reuters., and since 2001 has been the Chairman of European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer. In an interview in 2009, when asked how bad the relationship between the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher and Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl was, he replied saying "Very bad.
lieutenant was about personal chemistry. They didn"t naturally enjoy each other"s company.
Mrs Thatcher had easier relationships with Reagan or Gorbachev"
Christopher Mallaby initiated the Entente Cordiale Scholarship scheme, a prestigious Franco-British scholarship programme.