Mr Nigel Phillips CBE has been appointed Governor of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in succession to Dr Philip Rushbrook. Mr Phillips will take up his appointment during August 2022.
GOVERNOR CURRICULUM VITAE
Full name: Nigel Phillips
Married to: Emma Phillips
Children: One daughter
| 2017 – present | Governor of the Falkland Islands and Her Majesty’s Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands |
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| 2016 – 2017 | Ministry of Defence (MOD), UK Permanent Representation to the European Union, Brussels, Deputy Military Representative |
| 2014 – 2016 | MOD, Head, Russian Strategic Studies/Wider Europe Policy |
| 2013 – 2014 | Member of Royal College of Defence Studies |
| 2012 – 2013 | Language training (Russian), Defence Academy |
| 2010 – 2012 | Warsaw, Defence Attaché |
| 2007 – 2009 | Defence College of Communications and Information Systems, Deputy Commandant and Garrison Commander |
| 2003 – 2007 | Stockholm, Defence Attaché |
| 2001 – 2003 | Defence Communications Services Agency, Senior Staff Officer Communication Operations Planning |
| 2000 – 2001 | Defence Academy, Advanced Command and Staff Course, Student |
| 1984 – 2017 | Royal Air Force, Commissioned Officer, various appointments |
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