Robert Andrew Burns

Sir (Robert) Andrew Burns, KCMG is a former diplomat in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Early life

Sir Andrew was born on 21 July 1943 and educated at Highgate School.[1] He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a Master of Arts (MA).[2]

Diplomatic career

Sir Andrew served with the Diplomatic Service between 1965 and 2003, beginning his career as an Urdu and Hindi speaker at the British High Commission in New Delhi in the 1960s.[3] Serving in New Delhi between 1967 and 1971, the later returned to London where he served as the United Kingdom's Delegate to the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe between 1981 and 1975.[2] He later became Head of South Asia Department between 1986 and 1988.[3]

He held the office of Ambassador to Israel between 1992 and 1995.[4] He was later appointed as British Consul-General to Hong Kong and Macau, serving between 1997 and 2000.[5] He then became British High Commissioner to Canada, serving from 2000 to 2003.[3]

Subsequent career

In June 2005 Sir Andrew was appointed to the BBC's Board of Governors as International Governor, replacing Dame Pauline Neville-Jones.[5]

In June 2010 he was appointed the United Kingdom's first Envoy for post-Holocaust issues.[6] He held this post until September 2015.[7] He was succeeded in the role by Sir Eric Pickles.[8]

He was Chair of Council of Royal Holloway, a constituent college of the University of London.[1] He was appointed to succeed Lady Deech as the chair of the Bar Standards Board from 1 January 2015.[9]

Sir Andrew was also previously Chairman of the China Association between 2008 and 2014 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA).[1]

References

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Mark Elliott
British Ambassador to Israel
1992–1995
Succeeded by
Sir David Manning
Preceded by
Francis Cornish
British Consul-General, Hong Kong
1997-2000
Succeeded by
James Hodge
Preceded by
Anthony Goodenough
British High Commissioner to Canada
2000–2003
Succeeded by
David Reddaway
Preceded by
Post created
UK Special Envoy for post-Holocaust Issues
2010-2015
Succeeded by
Eric Pickles
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