Tomkys served as Master of Pembroke College from 1992 to 2004; at Cambridge he also served as Chairman of the Centre of International Studies, as well as the Centre for Middle East and Islamic Studies. He also chaired the Arab British Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) from 2004 to 2010.
roger, tomkys, william, kcmg, born, march, 1937, retired, british, diplomat, former, master, pembroke, college, university, cambridge, educated, bradford, grammar, school, graduated, from, balliol, college, oxford, 1960, tomkys, learned, arabic, middle, east, . Sir William Roger Tomkys KCMG born 15 March 1937 1 is a retired British diplomat and former Master of Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge He was educated at Bradford Grammar School and graduated from Balliol College Oxford in 1960 2 Tomkys learned Arabic at the Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies in Lebanon and immediately began his diplomatic career with a posting in Amman Jordan where he served from 1962 to 1964 He served as British Ambassador to Bahrain 1981 1984 and Syria 1984 1986 and as High Commissioner in Nairobi from 1990 to 1992 3 Tomkys served as Master of Pembroke College from 1992 to 2004 at Cambridge he also served as Chairman of the Centre of International Studies as well as the Centre for Middle East and Islamic Studies He also chaired the Arab British Chamber of Commerce ABCC from 2004 to 2010 Tomkys was knighted by the Queen in 1991 4 References edit Weekend Birthdays The Guardian p 51 15 March 2014 国際部国際課 Sir Roger Tomkys KCMG DL Archived from the original on 17 May 2008 Retrieved 8 January 2010 Sir Roger Tomkys KCMG DL Archived from the original on 17 May 2008 Retrieved 8 January 2010 Academic officesPreceded byRichard Adrian Master of Pembroke College Cambridge1992 2004 Succeeded byRichard Dearlove Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roger Tomkys amp oldid 1173133634, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
