Michael Arthur appointed British High Commissioner to India

NEW DELHI: Michael Arthur, a career diplomat, has been appointed the new British High Commissioner to India to succeed Sir Rob Young and is expected to assume charge in October this year.
"I am absolutely delighted at the prospect of coming to Delhi later this year. Indo-British relationship is vitally important and the range of our joint interests and cooperation covers the full spectrum of issues," Arthur said after his appointment was announced, according to a British High Commission release.
53-year-old Arthur, who has been director general in the British foreign office dealing with economic issues and the European Union for the last two years, said, "our business and people-to-people links are growing all the time.I am greatly looking forward to the challenge of taking that agenda forward".
Educated in politics and economics at Oxford, Arthur has served at various places, including as minister and deputy head of mission in Washington from 1999 to 2001. He has also been posted in Paris, Bonn, Kinshasa and Brussels. He is married and has two daughters and two sons.