Sir Peter Westmacott was British Ambassador to the United States from January 2012 until January 2016. He then spent a semester teaching and writing at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He was British Ambassador to France from 2007-2012 and to Turkey from 2002-2006. His 43-year diplomatic career included four... Read more
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Sir Peter Westmacott was British Ambassador to the United States from January 2012 until January 2016. He then spent a semester teaching and writing at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He was British Ambassador to France from 2007-2012 and to Turkey from 2002-2006. His 43-year diplomatic career included four years in Iran before the 1979 revolution and a secondment to the European Commission in Brussels.
He was the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Director Americas from 1997-2000 and Deputy Under Secretary of State for the Wider World from 2000-2001. From 1990-1993, he was Deputy Private Secretary to HRH The Prince of Wales. Peter was an Independent Non-Executive at EY from 2017-22 and Chair of Tikehau Capital UK from 2022-24.
Sir Peter Westmacott is a non-executive director of We.Soda, Ciner Glass, Glasswall Holdings and Volex Plc. He is a Distinguished Ambassadorial Fellow at the Atlantic Council, a Senior Adviser at Chatham House, and the author of “They Call it Diplomacy – Forty Years of Representing Britain Abroad.”
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Peter Westmacott speaks on America, Brexit, Business & Management, Europe, Government & Politics. Talks can be shaped around your audience, industry and strategic objectives - share your event brief with London Speaker Bureau and we will work with Peter to align the content with your delegates and goals.
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