Peter Millet CMG

Peter Millett CMG is an experienced senior diplomat with extensive experience in Europe, the Middle East and South America.

He served as British Ambassador to Libya from 2015 to 2018. During that time, he played an important role in supporting the international efforts to negotiate and implement the Libya Political Agreement. He built relationships with all the key political, security and economic players in Libya and in the international community. 

Before Libya, he was British Ambassador to Jordan from 2011 to 2015 and High Commissioner to Cyprus from 2005 to 2010. In London, he was the FCDO’s Director for Security from 2002 to 2005. Earlier in his career, he had diplomatic postings in Venezuela, Qatar, Brussels and Athens.

Since retiring from the Diplomatic Service, he has worked as a consultant and as the Chairman of the Libya British Business Council, promoting trade between major UK companies and Libya. He is also the Chair of the Board of The Human Edge, who specialise in strengthening confidence, skills and connections of leaders of organizations through mentoring and coaching-centred learning and development initiatives and programmes.