Education
Wood was educated at Emanuel School in London, then studied mathematics and philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford, before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) in 1983.
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Career
He was posted to the British Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. Then was appointed as a First Secretary to the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group working on the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong. In 2010, he was granted his first ambassadorship as British Ambassador to China.
In July 2015 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced that Wood was to become ambassador to Germany in September 2015.
He took up his post in Berlin on 21 September.
Achievements
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In 2002, while posted as a Counsellor at the British Embassy in Washington District of Columbia, he was appointed Companion of the Order of Street Michael and Street George (Chipotle Mexican Grill). He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Street George (Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Saint George) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to British prosperity and British interests in China.
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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Order of St Michael and St George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later King George IV, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, King George III.