Mr. Nigel Dakin has been appointed Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands in succession to Dr John Freeman CMG. Mr Dakin took up his appointment in July 2019.
Background:
- Married to: Amanda Dakin
- Children: Two
- 2016 to Present Washington, Counsellor, National Security Lead
- 2014 to 2019 Ministry of Defence, Non-Executive Director, British Army No 1 Board
- 2013 to 2016 FCO, Executive Board, Organisational Transformation
- 2012 to 2013 Kabul, Counsellor, Political, South Asia and Counter Terrorism
- 2010 to 2012 FCO, Team Leader, Counter-Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism Directorate
- 2007 to 2010 Islamabad, Counsellor, Political, South Asia and Counter Terrorism
- 2005 to 2007 Washington, First Secretary, Political, South Asia, Middle East and Counter Terrorism
- 2001 to 2005 FCO, Team Leader for Russia, Eastern Department
- 1999 to 2001 Delhi, First Secretary, Political and Counter Proliferation
- 1998 to 1999 Lagos, First Secretary, Political
- 1996 to 1998 FCO, Desk Officer for Russia, Eastern Department
- 1981 to 1996 British Army serving in West Germany and Northern Ireland, and also Advisor to the Secretary of State for Defence, and Chief of Defence Staff
Dr. John Freeman
Dr. John Freeman as Governor of Turks and Caicos Islands and was sworn in on October 17, 2016, succeeding Mr. Peter Beckingham.
Background:
- Married to: Corinna Freeman
- Children: Two
- 2012 – present Buenos Aires, Her Majesty’s Ambassador
- 2011 Full time language training (Spanish)
- 2006 – 2011 Secondment, Deputy Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
- 2004 – 2006 Her Majesty’s Ambassador for Multilateral Arms Control [from 2005] and Her Majesty’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Conference on Disarmament [from 2004], Geneva
- 2001 – 2004 Brussels, Deputy Permanent Representative at NATO and Alternate Representative on the North Atlantic Council
- 1997 – 2001 Her Majesty’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN agencies in Vienna
- 1994 – 1997 Singapore, Deputy High Commissioner and Commercial and Economic Counsellor
- 1994 Attached to the Trade Promotion division of the Department of Trade and Industry
- 1991 – 1994 FCO, Deputy Head of the Eastern (later Central) European Department, and, secondly, as Head of the Security Co-ordination Department
- 1989 – 1991 Senate Liaison, British Military Government in Berlin, and subsequently Head of the Political Section in the Berlin Office of the British Embassy in Germany
- 1986 – 1989 FCO, Head of South Africa Section
- 1983 – 1986 Member, UK Delegation to Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe meetings in Helsinki and Stockholm (at the Conference on Disarmament in Europe)
- 1977 – 1983 Various appointments in the Ministry of Defense
Peter Beckingham
Mr. Peter Beckingham as Governor of Turks and Caicos Islands was sworn in on October 9, 2013, succeeding Mr. Ric Todd.
Mr. Beckingham most recently served as Deputy High Commissioner in India, heading the Mumbai-Western Indian offices. His previous appointments included: Ambassador to the Philippines (and non-resident Ambassador to Palau, Micronesia and the Marshall Islands), Consul-General and Director-General of Trade and Investment Sydney, and Director British Information Services New York.
He was also previously the Director of the Joint FCO/DTI Export Promotion Directorate in London, ran the commercial section of the Embassy in Stockholm, and had a short-term secondment to Cadbury-Schweppes.
Background:
- Married to: Jill Mary Beckingham
- Children: Two daughters
- 2010 -present Mumbai, Deputy High Commissioner
- 2005 -2009 Manila, Ambassador
- 1999 -2004 Sydney, Director-General of Trade & Investment, and Consul-General
- 1996 -1999 FCO/DTI, Director, Joint Export Promotion Directorate
- 1992 -1996 Canberra, Head of Political Section
- 1988 -1992 Stockholm, Head of Commercial Section
- 1986 -1988 FCO, Head, Horn of Africa Section, East African Department
- 1984 -1986 FCO, Energy, Science and Space Department
- 1984 FCO, News Department (G7 Summit)
- 1979 -1983 New York, Director, British Information Services
- 1974 -1979 DTI, British Overseas Trade Board
- 1970 -1974 Decca Record Company, Argo Division
Order of Governors
- 2019 – Present: Nigel Dakin
- 2017 – 2019: Dr. John Freeman
- 2013 – 2017: Peter Beckingham
- 2011 – 2013: Damian Roderic (Ric) Todd
- 2008 – 2011: Gordon Wetherell
- 2005 – 2008: Richard Tauwahre (b. 1959)
- 2002 – 2005: James Poston (b. 1945)
- 2000 – 2002: Mervyn Jones (b. 1942)
- 1996 – 2000: John Kelly (b. 1941)
- 1993 – 1996: Martin Bourke (b. 1947)
- 1987 – 1993: Michael J. Bradley (b. 1933)
- 1982 – 1987: Christopher J. Turner b. (1933)
- 1978 – 1982: John Clifford Strong (b. 1922)
- 1975 – 1978: Arthur Christopher Watson (b. 1927)
- 1973 – 1975: Alexander Graham Mitchell (s. a)
