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16th August 2010 New York, USA

Brits with Mitts

Guest blog by Mike Niles, Press & Public Affairs, British Consulate-General It is a reasonable generalisation to say that Brits do not really understand baseball. I get it that you try and score a home run by hitting it "out-of-the-park", that you have 9 innings and that you have to get three hitters out before […]

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3rd August 2010 New York, USA

Investors and project developers, take note.

Guest Blog by Jane Kozinski, Senior Policy Advisor, Climate Change at the British Consulate-General, New York. The states in this region are moving rapidly to capitalize on the transition to a clean-energy economy and to support long-term sustainable growth. Here is a quick snapshot of just a few of the laws, policy developments and investments in […]

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28th July 2010 New York, USA

Summer calendar

It’s been some time since I wrote here.  I’d like to say that my return is in response to overwhelming public demand, but basic respect for the truth prevents me.  Since my last piece, we have had a few events worth noting: HM The Queen paid a short visit to New York on 6 July, […]

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11th June 2010 New York, USA

Explorers Here, Climate Map There, Penguins Everywhere

Today a guest blog from Clare Risman, Vice Consul for Devolved Administrations at the Consulate. Growing up in London, the Natural History Museum was one of my favourite places.  My children share a similar sense of excitement and wonder at the delights of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) – their imaginations have been inspired […]

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7th June 2010 New York, USA

The Summer Season Begins

A short working week last week, with the Memorial Day holiday on Monday.  Memorial Day and Fleet week are big events in the life of one of our most important New York Partners, the Intrepid museum, with whom we work closely on veterans issues.   Welcome to Yorkshire have been busy promoting Yorkshire as great […]

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28th May 2010 New York, USA

The Poles North and South

Biggest news from the Consulate this week is the opening of the American Museum of Natural History’s exhibit on the Anatarctic expeditions of Scott and Amundsen to the South Pole.   Why is the Consulate involved?  Leaving aside the compelling history of the "race to the Pole", it’s a great way for us to get […]

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1st April 2010 New York, USA

Climate and New Jersey

Guest blog by Jane Kozinski, Senior Policy Adviser on Climate Change In his last blog post, Dominic mentioned two of my favourite subjects – “climate” and New Jersey (my home state).  So, I felt inspired to write in. Last week Sir Alan Collins and I visited Rutgers University’s Center for European Studies where we participated […]

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About Dominic Meiklejohn

I was born in Woking, outside London, in 1967 and attended Merton College, Oxford University, graduating in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. After university, I worked for HM Customs and Excise…

I was born in Woking, outside London, in 1967 and attended Merton College, Oxford University, graduating in Politics, Philosophy and Economics.

After university, I worked for HM Customs and Excise before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1990. After working for the European Community Department, I learned Polish and began a posting at the British Embassy Warsaw, where I headed the British Know How Fund for Poland (1993-96). In 1997, I worked for the OSCE Mission in Albania, before heading up the India team in the South Asian Department of the FCO. In 2000, I was posted as First Secretary to the British Embassy Warsaw, with a particular focus on European Union issues in the run-up to Poland’s accession to the EU. In 2003, I returned to the UK as Deputy Head of the Environment Policy Department. From 2004-2005, I led the FCO’s Knowledge Management Programme. During this period, I led two deployments of the FCO’s Consular Rapid Deployment Team– to Sri Lanka, after the tsunami in 2004 and to Pakistan, after the earthquake in 2005. From 2006-2007, I served as Deputy Consul-General, Basra, Iraq. From June 2007 I worked with the FCO’s Change Unit.

I took up my current appointment on 22 January 2008. My wife Joanne and I are the proud parents of Olivia. Outside of the office, I cycle around Manhattan, play soccer (football) and, when parenting duties allow, enjoy the cultural riches offered by New York. I try hard to understand baseball.