- Born on 22 March 1945 in Louth, United Kingdom

- Nationality: British

- Officer in the Royal Navy (1966–1988)

- Official at the British Ministry of Defence (1982–1987)

- Reserve officer in the Royal Navy (since 1988)

- Defence Adviser and Secretary of the Defence Committee at the WEU Assembly (1988–1993)

- Deputy Secretary-General of the WEU Assembly, Political and Defence Matters (1993–1998)

- Secretary-General of the WEU Assembly (1998–2011)