Background
Hanson, John Gilbert was born on November 16, 1938 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Son of Gilbert Fretwell and Gladys Margaret (Kay) Hanson.
Hanson, John Gilbert was born on November 16, 1938 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Son of Gilbert Fretwell and Gladys Margaret (Kay) Hanson.
Bachelor, U. Oxford, England, 1961; Master of Arts, U. Oxford, England, 1964; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Oxford Brookes U., 1995; Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Humberside, 1996; Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Greenwich.
Assistant principal, War Office, London, 1961-1963;
assistant representative, British Council, Madras, India, 1963-1966;
representative, British Council, Bahrain, 1968-1972;
deputy controller education and science division, British Council, London, 1972-1975;
controller finance division, British Council, London, 1979-1982;
deputy director general, British Council, London, 1988-1992;
director general, British Council, London, 1992-1998;
trainee, Master of Engineering Center Arab Studies, Lebanon, 1966-1968;
counsellor, British Embassy, Tehran, 1975-1979;
minister, British High Commission, New Delhi, India, 1984-1988;
warden, Green College, U. Oxford, England. Patron GAP, 1989-1997. Member governing county Society S. Asian Studies, 1989-1993, School Oriental and African Studies, U. London, since 1991.
Member Franco-British Council, 1992-1997. County member United Kingdom-Japan 2000 Group, 1993-1997, Volunteer Svc. Overseas, 1993-1997.
Trustee Charles Wallace (India) Trust. Fellow Royal Society Arts. Companion Institute Management.
Member British Skin Foundation(president since 1997).
Married Margaret Clark, August 25, 1962.
