MFA Press Statement: Presentation of Credentials Ceremony, 28 May 2015

28 May 2015

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Presentation of Credentials Ceremony [Photo: MCI]

 

His Excellency Scott Wightman CMG, British High Commissioner presented his credentials to President Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam in a ceremony at the Istana today.

The curriculum vitae of His Excellency Scott Wightman CMG is attached.

     

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE 

28 MAY 2015

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SCOTT WIGHTMAN

 

 

HIGH COMMISSIONER (DESIGNATE)

 

UNITED KINGDOM

 

 

BORN:

17 July 1961 in Edinburgh, UK

 

 

 

 

AGE:

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARITAL

STATUS:

Married to Mrs Anne Margaret Wightman

Has two daughters

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION:

1983

MA (Hons) Edinburgh University

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAREER:

1983 - 1984

FCO, Second Secretary, Western European Department

 

 

 

 

1984 - 1985

Chinese language training, London

 

 

 

 

1985 - 1986

Chinese language training, Taiwan

 

 

 

 

1986 - 1989

Second Secretary, Science and Technology, Beijing

 

 

 

 

1989 - 1991

Cabinet Office, Assessment Staff

 

 

 

 

1991 - 1993

FCO, Resource and Finance Department

 

 

 

 

1994 - 1995

On secondment at French Foreign Ministry

 

 

 

CAREER:

(Cont’d)

1995 - 1998

First Secretary, External, Paris

 

 

 

 

1998 - 2001

FCO, Assistant Director, Personnel Policy

 

 

 

 

2002 - 2006

Deputy Head of Mission, Rome

 

 

 

 

2006 - 2008

FCO, Director, Global and Economic Issues

 

 

 

 

2008 - 2010

FCO, Director, Asia Pacific

 

 

 

 

2011 - 2015

Ambassador to Republic of Korea

 

May 2015

High Commissioner to Singapore

 

 

 

 

AWARDS:

CMG 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

LANGUAGES:

English, French, Italian, Mandarin

(Spoken and written)

 

 

 

 

INTERESTS:

Golf, Tennis, Music, Reading, Theatre

 

 

 

 

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