Peter Wilson (diplomat)


Peter Michael Alexander Wilson is a senior British diplomat who is 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 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 2013–17. In January 2017 the FCO announced his appointment as Ambassador to the Netherlands. 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.
Wilson was appointed CMG in the 2013 Birthday Honours "for services to strengthening British foreign policy in Asia".

Private life

Peter Wilson is married with three children.