CHANGE OF AMBASSADOR TO THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Robert Gordon CMG, OBE has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to Hanoi in succession to Warwick Morris who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service Appointment. Mr Gordon will take up his new appointment in September 2003.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Full Name: Robert Anthony Eagleson Gordon
Date of Birth: 9 February 1952
Marital Status: Married to Pamela
Children: Two daughters (1980,1981) & two sons (1985, 1988)
Honours: CMG (1999), OBE (1983)
1999 - 2003 FCO (Head of South East Asia Department)
1995 - 1999 RANGOON (Ambassador)
1992 - 1995 WARSAW (Counsellor & Deputy Head of Mission)
1987 - 1992 PARIS - UKDel OECD (1st Secretary, Economic)
1985 - 1987 FCO (Desk Officer, European Community Department - External)
1983 - 1985 FCO (Desk Officer, South America Department)
1978 - 1983 CHILE (2nd later 1st Secretary, Chancery)
1975 - 1977 WARSAW (3rd later 2nd Secretary, Chancery)
1973 - 1974 FCO (Desk Officer, Central and Southern Africa Department)
1973 Entered FCO
Source: Foreign Office Daily Bulletin 31 January 2003