Neville-Jones, Pauline (1939–)
Neville-Jones, Pauline (1939–)
English diplomat. Name variations: Dame Pauline Neville-Jones. Born Lilian Pauline Neville-Jones, Nov 2, 1939, in England; dau. of doctors; graduate of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University.
Was Harkness fellow Commonwealth Fund in US (1961–63); entered British Foreign Service (1963), becoming career diplomat; served in British Mission in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe, 1964–65), Singapore (1965–68) and Washington, DC (1971–75); worked in Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO, 1968–71, 1975–77); was seconded to European Commission during tenure at Foreign Service, working as deputy and then chef du cabinet to Budget and Financial Institutions Commissioner, Christopher Tugendhat (1977–82); went on to work at Royal Institute for International Affairs (1982–83), before becoming head of planning staff at FCO (1987); served as head of Defense and Overseas Secretariat in Cabinet Office and deputy secretary to Cabinet (1991–94); was chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee (1993–94) and then became 2nd highest official in FCO as political director and deputy under-secretary, playing key role as leader of British delegation to Dayton negotiations on Bosnia peace settlement (1994–96); retired from Foreign Service (1996); also served as international governor of BBC with responsibility for external broadcasting (1998–2005). Made Commander of Order of St. Michael and St. George (1987) and Dame Commander of British Empire (1992).