Institute on World Affairs - What Is Terrorism?

Robert Nicholas Culshaw has been the British Consul General in Chicago since June 1999. He joined the Britsh Foreign Office in 1974 serving initially on the Southern Africa desk. He was also posted at Muscat, Khartoum, Rome, and Athens. He also served in Foreign Office in London on the planning staff and then as Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe. He also served as spokesman and Head of News for the Foreign Office. He was Minister-Counsellor for trade and transport at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., before moving to Chicago. Robert Culshaw speaks speaks Arabic, Italian, Modern Greek and French. In 1979, The Queen made him a member of the Royal Victorian Order. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.