Christopher was educated at
Keble College, Oxford, and the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. He joined the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1970 and served at
New Delhi,
Lusaka and
Madrid before being appointed ambassador to the
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia 1994–1997, ambassador to the
Republic of Indonesia 1997–2000 and ambassador to the
Argentine Republic 2000–2004. Christopher retired from the
Diplomatic Service after his posting to Argentina. He was secretary-general 2007–11 and projects director 2011–15 of the
Global Leadership Foundation. He has been a trustee of the
Brooke Hospital for Animals, Partners for Change Ethiopia (then known as St Matthew's Children's Fund), Prospect Burma and
Redress. ==Honours==