William Ehrman

Who is William Ehrman?

Sir William Ehrman, KCMG is a British civil servant and former Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee.

Ehrman was educated at Eton College and graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a first class degree in Mandarin Chinese.

Ehrman joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Diplomatic Service in 1973, and has had postings in Beijing, New York, Hong Kong and was British Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1998–2000.

Ehrman was the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's director general for defence and intelligence between 2002 and 2004, before becoming British Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 2006 to 2010. Ehrman gave evidence to The Iraq Inquiry in November 2009.

Ehrman is married to Penelope, and the couple have three daughters and a son named Tom.