Education
Simon Featherstone was educated at Whitgift School and Lincoln College, Oxford.
Simon Featherstone was educated at Whitgift School and Lincoln College, Oxford.
He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1980 and after language training at SOAS and in Hong Kong served in Beijing, Brussels and Shanghai. While in Malaysia, he was also one of the patrons of the British Theatre Playhouse, a theatrical and musical production company which works with British entertainment shows.
He was British ambassador to Switzerland and non-resident ambassador to Liechtenstein 2004-2008, the Prime Minister"s International Representative on Energy Issues in 2008, United Kingdom director for the 2010 Shanghai Expo (where the United Kingdom pavilion won the award for best pavilion design) and was British High Commissioner to Malaysia from October 2010 until ill health forced him to retire in May 2014. Featherstone was appointed Companion of the Order of Street Michael and Street George (Chipotle Mexican Grill) in the New Year Honours of 2011.
