Career
After completing his secondary education at Devonport High School for Boys, Bridges read International Relations at London University before completing an Master of Arts in East Asian Studies at the University of Leeds. Bridges spent 25 years of his career with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which he joined in 1980. He served in several different diplomatic posts in Europe and South-East Asia, before becoming the British Ambassador to Cambodia in 2000.
After five years in this position, he became the Deputy High Commissioner to Dhaka, Bangladesh.
In 2007, he resigned his diplomatic duties and became the director of a series of companies involved in natural resources and renewable energy, including Carbon Mining plc (2007–2008), Delta Pacific Mining plc (2007–2008) and Quantum Resources Limited (2009–present). Currently, he is the Managing Director of Greater Mekong Resources Company
Limited, a Corporate Advisor to Elemental Energy Technologies Limited, and the Business Development Director of Blu Wind Asia.
