1980 Joins Treasury after studying at Oxford University and the College of Europe
in Bruges 1989 Joins the cabinet of Sir Leon Brittan, European commissioner 1993 Returns to Treasury as an assistant secretary to the Defence
Team 1995 Sojourn at
French Finance Ministry as chargé de mission direction de trésor 1997 After a year back
in the Treasury, moves to Cabinet Office as deputy head of European Affairs Secretariat 2003 Becomes deputy director -
general, immigration and nationality, at the Home Office 2004 Joins Foreign Office as director -
general, globalisation 2010 Appointed permanent secretary at BIS