After University, Dominic worked for HM Customs and Excise before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1990.  After working for the European Community Department for two years, he learned Polish prior to working in the British Embassy Warsaw, where he headed the British Know How Fund for Poland (1993-96).  In 1997 Dominic worked for the OSCE Mission in Albania, before heading up the India team in the South Asian Department of the FCO.

In 2000, Dominic was posted as First Secretary to the British Embassy Warsaw, with a particular focus on European Union issues in the run-up to Poland's accession to the EU.  In 2003, Dominic returned to the UK as Deputy Head of the Environment Policy Department.  From 2004-2005 he led the FCO's Knowledge Management Programme.  During this period, Dominic led two deployments of the FCO's Consular Rapid Deployment Team- to Sri Lanka, after the tsunami in 2004; and to Pakistan, after the earthquake there in 2005.

From 2006-2007, Dominic served as Deputy Consul-General, Basra, Iraq.  From June 2007 he worked with the FCO's Change Unit.  He took up his current appointment on 22 January 2008.   

Dominic and his partner Joanne are the proud parents of Olivia.  Outside of the office Dominic cycles around Manhattan, plays soccer (football) and, when parenting duties allow, enjoys the cultural riches offered by New York.  He tries hard to understand Baseball.