Sir Tim Hitchens

Sir Tim came to Wolfson in 2018 after 35 years in the British Diplomatic Service. He studied English at Christ’s College Cambridge. His last overseas posting was as British Ambassador to Tokyo. Before that he was Africa Director. His postings took him to Pakistan, Afghanistan, France and Japan. For four years he was Assistant Private Secretary to The Queen.

Sir Tim is also Chairman of the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (a charity which funds scholarships for young people to travel to Japan) and he is a Commonwealth War Graves Commissioner.

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