Jonathan Sinclair | |
Office: | Director, Human Resources, Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
Term Start: | October 2018 |
Predecessor: | Jill Gallard |
Office2: | Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs |
Term Start2: | January 2018 |
Term End2: | October 2018 |
Predecessor2: | Martin Reynolds |
Successor2: | Serena Stone |
Birth Date: | 13 October 1970 |
Birth Place: | Victoria, Seychelles |
Nationality: | British |
Occupation: | Diplomat |
Spouse: | Helen Sinclair |
Children: | 3 |
Jonathan William Rossiter Sinclair (born 13 October 1970) is a British diplomat who is Director of Human Resources at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Sinclair was educated at Radley College and studied at Oxford University for a BA degree in PPE and at Johns Hopkins University for a Master's degree in International Relations.[1] After short stints in media and tourism he joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1996. He was a Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary (then Jack Straw) 2002–04, and head of the political team at the British embassy in Washington, D.C., 2005–09.[2] He was High Commissioner to New Zealand, non-resident High Commissioner to Samoa, and non-resident Governor of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands 2014–18.[3]
Sinclair was appointed LVO in 2007 following a state visit by The Queen to the United States.