succeeded birth_place nationality profession office preceded primeminister birth_date term_start article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
alex grant derek plumbly younger sir mark lyall grant sir mark lyall warwick , england british diplomat chief the united nations director-general for political affairs at the foreign of and commonwealth office ambassador to egypt the secret intelligence service permanent representative to sir ricketts sir graham boyce john scarlett sir emyr jones parry sir peter gordon brown david cameron gordon brown tony blair 26 july 1955 1 november 2009 1 august 2007 2003 2001 john sawers
 1 november 2014 1 november 2009 2007 2003 sir john sawers intelligence officer university the witwatersrand harvard university of nottingham university of st andrews university of
john sawers

sir robert john sawers -lrb- born 26 july 1955 -rrb- is a former british diplomat and senior civil servant .
he was chief of the secret intelligence service -lrb- mi6 -rrb- , a position he had held from november 2009 until november 2014 .
he was previously the british permanent representative to the united nations from august 2007 to november 2009 .
