Peter Wilson (diplomat)

Peter Wilson
His Excellency The Honourable; Peter Wilson; CMG
British Ambassador to Brazil
	Designate
	Assuming office; January 2021
Succeeding	Vijay Rangarajan
British Ambassador to the Netherlands
	In office; August 2017 – September 2020
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Theresa May ; Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Sir Geoffrey Adams
Succeeded by	Joanna Roper
Personal details
Born	31 March 1968
Nationality	British
Spouse(s)	Mónica Roma Wilson
Father	David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn
Residence	The Hague, Netherlands
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Merton College, Oxford ; Harvard University
Occupation	Diplomat

Peter Michael Alexander Wilson CMG (born 31 March 1968) is a senior British diplomat who is designated British Ambassador to Brazil, and previously served as Ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.

Early life

Wilson is a son of Lord Wilson of Tillyorn. He was educated at Eton and Merton College, Oxford. He also has a MPA degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Career

He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1992 and was posted to Beijing where he studied Mandarin at the University of International Business and Economics. He served at the British embassy in Beijing 1995–98. In early 1999 he was appointed to the cabinet of Sir Leon Brittan, who was a Vice-President of the European Commission. After Brittan resigned with the rest of the Santer Commission in March 1999, Wilson continued as First Secretary at the UK representation to the EU. He was head of the Strategic Policy Team at the FCO 2003–04; Political Counsellor at Islamabad 2005–06 and at Beijing 2007–10; and director, Asia Pacific, at the FCO 2010–13. He was deputy permanent representative to the United Nations (with the rank of Ambassador) 2013–17.[1] In January 2017 the FCO announced his appointment as Ambassador to the Netherlands.[2] He took up the post when King Willem-Alexander received his credentials on 23 August 2017. On 30 August he presented his credentials to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.[3]

Wilson was appointed CMG in the 2013 Birthday Honours "for services to strengthening British foreign policy in Asia".[4]

Private life

Peter Wilson is married with three children.

References

WILSON, Hon. Peter Michael Alexander, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, 2017 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2016)
"Change of Ambassador to the Netherlands". Press release. Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 11 January 2017.
"United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
"No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 3.

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[1] WILSON, Hon. Peter Michael Alexander, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, 2017 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2016)

[2] "Change of Ambassador to the Netherlands". Press release. Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 11 January 2017.

[3] "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. Retrieved 12 August 2019.

[4] "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 3.