Anthony's career with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which focussed largely on the Arab World, culminated in his appointment as British Ambassador to the UAE in the 1994. Other postings included Lebanon, Sudan, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. From 1990 to 1994 he was responsible for the British Government's relations with the foreign press worldwide, and the management of the BBC Overseas Service. In the 1980's he worked for the Defence Export Services Organisation in the Ministry of Defence, where he was responsible for bilateral defence relations with the GCC States, and helped to negotiate the Al-Yamamah Air Defence deal with the Saudi Government. Before moving to Dubai he was a Director of Corporate Finance with Robert Fleming in the City of London

He is now a Director and Senior Executive Officer of Robert Fleming Insurance Brokers Middle East, and opened an office for them at the beginning of 2006 in The Gate in the Dubai International Financial Centre. He is Regional Adviser to Brunswick, the international financial PR company, who have also become members of the DIFC. He is also a regional market analyst and consultant to a number of international companies.