Kevin Tebbit

Sir Kevin Reginald Tebbit KCB CMG (born 18 October 1946)[1] is a former British civil servant.

He was educated at the Cambridgeshire High School for Boys and was a senior history scholar at St John's College, Cambridge.

[2] A second posting abroad saw Tebbit join the Foreign Office's East European and Soviet Department, and serve as the head of chancery at the British Embassy in Turkey.

[2] From 1987 to 1988 Tebbit was the director of cabinet to the then Secretary General of NATO, Lord Carrington and served as the politico-military counsellor at the British Embassy, Washington from 1988 to 1991.

[2] Upon his return to the United Kingdom in 1992 Tebbit served in a variety of roles at the Foreign Office, including as the head of the economic relations department, director of resources and the chief inspector responsible for finance and organisational planning.