| Sir Tom Phillips | |
| Office: | British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia |
| Term Start: | September 2010 |
| Term End: | 2012 |
| Predecessor: | Sir William Patey |
| Successor: | Sir John Jenkins |
| Primeminister: | David Cameron |
| Office1: | British Ambassador to Israel |
| Term Start1: | 2006 |
| Term End1: | 2010 |
| Predecessor1: | Sir Simon McDonald |
| Successor1: | Matthew Gould |
| Primeminister1: | Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
| Monarch1: | Elizabeth II |
| Office2: | British High Commissioner to Uganda |
| Term Start2: | 2000 |
| Term End2: | 2002 |
| Predecessor2: | Michael Cook |
| Successor2: | Adam Wood |
| Primeminister2: | Tony Blair |
| Monarch2: | Elizabeth II |
| Spouse: | Anne de la Motte |
Sir Tom Richard Vaughan Phillips, (born 21 June 1950) is a diplomat who served as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 2014 to 2018.
Educated at the University of Exeter, Jesus College, Oxford, and Wolfson College, Oxford, Phillips spent three years as a journalist and then undertook diplomatic postings in Zimbabwe, Israel, and the United States of America.[1] Phillips became British High Commissioner to Uganda in 2000, UK Special Representative for Afghanistan in 2002 and British Ambassador to Israel in 2006.[2] He went on to be British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2010[3] and Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 2014 to 2018.[4] He is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge.[5]
In 1986 Phillips married Anne de la Motte; they have two sons.[1]
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