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Former British Ambassador to the U.S., France and Turkey

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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Biography

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.”

“Peter is a very effective, impressive and interesting speaker. He is knowledgeable, thoughtful and analytical while at the same time, very good at taking the broader view. His command of French and his beautiful British English offer the opportunity of both analogies and comparisons, which, coupled with an exquisite sense of humor and a degree of self-criticism, keep any listener awake even after lunch or a long dinner. I have seen it firsthand and can only recommend him warmly!” Director, the IMF
“There are few ambassadors who can match Sir Peter’s breadth of vision…It’s his ability to see the whole picture—to take into account the economic, cultural, political and security dimensions of any issue and solve problems before they hit fever pitch—that defines his legacy.” John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State
“A tremendous ambassador to the United States and a great bridge between our two counties with our wonderful historic partnership and special relationship. We could not have wished for or asked for a better ambassador during some very important and telling times.” US National Security Advisor
“I have had the pleasure of listening to and learning from Ambassador Westmacott for a number of years. He is a wonderful speaker—always informed, equally comfortable talking about the East or the West, always original, always with a dash of fun.” Foreign Affairs Columnist, The New York Times

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