DUNCAN John
Mr.
Duncan was educated at Wycliffe College (Glos), Keele
University and the Université de la Sorbonne, Paris. He is also a
graduate of the NATO Defence College Rome (1992). Mr. Duncan entered the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1980 and has served with the FCO in London, Paris, Brussels and Albania, where in 1992 he
established the first jointly located Anglo-French Diplomatic mission. He has
also served on secondment with ODA (DfID) in Khartoum
and in London;
as well as with the NATO Military during the Kosovo Conflict. From 1998-2001
John was seconded to be Deputy (UK) International Affairs Advisor to General
Wesley Clark, the NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) during the
Kosovo conflict and later to General Jo Ralston, as well as to the Deputy
SACEUR Sir Rupert Smith. Mr. Duncan was awarded the Order of the British Empire
(OBE) in 1993, the NATO Kosovo medal in 2001, and received the US Army
Outstanding Civilian Service medal for his work in Kosovo.