Simon Collis

His Excellency Simon Collis CMG
Collis at Chatham House in 2013
British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Incumbent
Assumed office 2015
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Sir John Jenkins
British Ambassador to Iraq
In office 2012–2014
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Michael Aron
Succeeded by	Frank Baker
British Ambassador to Syria
In office 2007–2012
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	John Jenkins
Succeeded by	Embassy closed
British Ambassador to Qatar
In office 2005–2007
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	David MacLennan
Succeeded by	Roddy Drummond
Personal details
Born	23 February 1956
Spouse(s)	Huda Mujarkech
Children	Five children
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge
Religion	Islam

Simon Paul Collis, CMG (born 23 February 1956) is a British diplomat who is Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

Biography

Collis was educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield, from 1967 until 1973 and at Christ's College, Cambridge.

He has held posts in Bahrain, Tunisia, India, Jordan, Dubai, and Basra. He was Consul General in Basra between 2004 and 2005. He was British Ambassador to Qatar 2005–07, and British Ambassador to Syria 2007–2012. He left Syria in February 2012, after the British Government withdrew their staff there.^[1] He was British Ambassador to Iraq from 2012 until September 2014.^[1][2] He presented his credentials as British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia on 3 February 2015.^[3]

Collis was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to British interests in Iraq and Syria.^[4]

In 2016, Collis became the first UK ambassador to perform the Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj after converting to Islam.^[5]

Notes

References

• "Our Ambassador". Iraq: British Embassy, Baghdad. Retrieved 12 February 2013. 
• "Our Ambassador - Career History". Iraq: British Embassy, Baghdad. Retrieved 12 February 2013. 

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