Sir Peter James Torry, GCVO, KCMG (born 2 August 1948) was the UK Ambassador to Germany from 2003 until 30 September 2007.[1][2] He is now a senior adviser to Centrica PLC, Celesio AG, STAR Capital Partners, and is a member of the advisory board of Betfair plc and 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. He was educated at Dover College and New College, Oxford where he won a blue for Rugby.[3]
He was previously Ambassador to Spain[4] from 1998-2003 and has also worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Washington DC, Bonn, Jakarta and Cuba.
Torry is a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy. [5]
He enjoys antiques, golf, reading, walking and travelling.
He is married and has three daughters, Emma, Harriet and Katherine Torry.
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by David Brighty 1994-1998 |
British Ambassador to Spain 1998–2003 |
Succeeded by Stephen Wright (diplomat) |
| Preceded by Sir Paul Lever 1997–2003 |
British Ambassador to Germany 2003-2007 |
Succeeded by Sir Michael Arthur 2007-present |