Bruce Dinwiddy

Bruce Harry Dinwiddy, CMG (born 1 February 1946 in Epsom, England)^[1] was the governor of the Cayman Islands from May 2002 to October 2005. He has been working for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) since 1973. Before becoming a colonial administrator, he was posted to many countries around the world, and also spent time working in England. The following is a list of jobs he has had with the FCO in the past 30 years:

• 1973-1974: FCO (Central and Southern African Dept.)
• 1974-1974: UK Mission CSCE, Geneva (Second Secretary)
• 1974-1975: FCO (Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Dept.)
• 1975-1977: UK Delegation MBFR, Vienna (First Secretary)
• 1977-1981: FCO (Permanent Under Secretary's Dept.)
• 1981-1983: Cairo (Head of Chancery)
• 1983-1984: FCO (Personnel Operations Dept.)
• 1985-1986: FCO (Assistant Head, Personnel Policy Dept.)
• 1986-1988: FCO (Counsellor on loan to Cabinet Office)
• 1989-1989: FCO (Career Development Attachment, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Ebenhausen)
• 1989-1991: Bonn (Counsellor)
• 1992-1995: Ottawa (Deputy High Commissioner)
• 1995-1998: FCO (Head, African Dept (Southern), also Commissioner British Indian Ocean Territory, 1996–1998)
• 1998-2001: Dar es Salaam (High Commissioner)
• 2001-2002: Secondment to Standard Chartered Bank
• 2002-2005: Governor and President of the Executive Council, Cayman Islands

He is married to Emma Victoria (née Llewellyn) and has one daughter (b. 1976) and one son (b. 1979).

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