Sir Peter James Torry GCVO KCMG (born 2 August 1948) is a former British diplomat who was the UK Ambassador to Germany from 2003 until 30 September 2007.[1][2]
Sir Peter Torry | |
|---|---|
| British Ambassador to Germany | |
| In office 2003–2007 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| President | Johannes Rau Horst Köhler |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Chancellor | Gerhard Schröder Angela Merkel |
| Preceded by | Sir Paul Lever |
| Succeeded by | Sir Michael Arthur |
| British Ambassador to Spain | |
| In office 1998–2003 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | David Brighty |
| Succeeded by | Sir Stephen Wright |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 August 1948 |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Dover College |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
He is now a senior adviser to Cairn Capital and to STAR Capital Partners. He is on the Supervisory Board of Blohm and Voss AG. He is a member of the advisory board of Betfair plc and of the Kiel Global Economic Symposium[3] and a policy fellow of the Institute on the Future of Employment in Bonn. He was a member of the advisory panel of Lloyds Pharmacy until April 2010 and a senior adviser to DAM Capital until December 2009, to Centrica plc until 2012 and to Celesio AG.
He was educated at Dover College and at New College, Oxford, to which he won an Open Scholarship. At Oxford he won a blue for Rugby in 1968 and 1969, when the University beat the touring Springboks. He was subsequently selected for the President's of the Rugby Union XV against Wales [3]
He was previously Ambassador to Spain[4] from 1998 to 2003 and worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Washington DC, Bonn, Jakarta and Cuba.[citation needed]
Family
editHe is married and has three daughters, Emma, Harriet and Katherine.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Peter Torry. "We need Germany, and we need Merkel". The Times. Retrieved 28 October 2010.[dead link]
- ^ "Sir Michael Arthur will be new British Ambassador to Germany". Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ a b "About". Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2010.
- ^ "Germany in a new century". Archived from the original on 11 November 2010. Retrieved 28 October 2010.