Career history
Fergus Cochrane-Dyet entered the Diplomatic Service in 1987 and served as follows:
| September 2009 to date | High Commissioner, Lilongwe, Malawi |
| 2007 - 2009 | Victoria, Seychelles, British High Commissioner |
| 2007 | Helmand, Deputy Head of Provincial Reconstruction Team |
| 2004 - 2007 | Lusaka, Deputy High Commissioner |
| 2002 - 2004 | FCO, Deputy Head of Africa Department (Southern) |
| 2002 | Kabul, Chargé d'Affaires, later Deputy Head of Mission |
| 2001 - 2002 | Conakry, Chargé d'Affaires |
| 1998 - 2001 | Sydney, Deputy Consul General/Director of Trade and Investment |
| 1998 | Jakarta, Head of Commercial Section |
| 1996 - 1997 | Tripoli, Head of British Interests Section |
| 1994 - 1996 | FCO, Head of North Africa Section |
| 1990 - 1994 | Lagos and Abuja, Political Officer |
| 1987 - 1990 | FCO, Assistant Desk Officer for Zimbabwe/Desk Officer for Libya/Tunisia |
Mr Cochrane-Dyet is married with three children.