Christopher Geidt
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The Right Honourable Sir Christopher Geidt KCB KCVO OBE |
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| Private Secretary to the Sovereign | |
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Assumed office 8 September 2007 |
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| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Deputy | Edward Young |
| Preceded by | Sir Robin Janvrin |
| Deputy Private Secretary to the Sovereign | |
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In office 2005–2007 |
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| Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
| Secretary | Sir Robin Janvrin |
| Preceded by | Mary Francis |
| Succeeded by | Edward Young |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 August 1961 |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater |
King's College London Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
Sir Christopher Edward Wollaston MacKenzie Geidt KCB KCVO OBE (born 17 August 1961) has been the private secretary to Queen Elizabeth II since September 2007. As of July 2016, Geidt also serves as the Chairman of the Council of King's College London, succeeding the Duke of Wellington.
Geidt attended the Dragon School, Oxford, and Trinity College, Glenalmond. He graduated in War Studies from King's College London and in International Relations from Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Geidt also spent periods at the Universities of Bristol and Harvard (as a Visiting Fellow), and at Magdalen College, Oxford.
Geidt enlisted in the Scots Guards and attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Invalided out in 1983, he was subsequently commissioned as an officer in the Intelligence Corps.
In 1987 Geidt joined the staff of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies, becoming an Assistant Director. From 1994 he worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in diplomatic posts in Sarajevo, Geneva and Brussels.
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