Bruce Dinwiddy
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Bruce Harry Dinwiddy (born February 1 1946 in Epsom, England) is the governor of the Cayman Islands since 2002. 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)
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
2003- Governor and President of the Executive Council, Cayman Islands
He is married to Emma Victoria (nee Llewellyn) and has one daughter (b. 1976) and one son (b. 1979).