Quinton Quayle

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1955 –

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Who is Quinton Quayle?

Quinton Mark Quayle is a retired British Diplomat.

Educated at Bromsgrove School and University of Bristol, Quayle entered the Foreign Office in 1977 and studied Thai at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. As a junior diplomat, Quayle studied at Chiang Mai University.

Quayle served as British Ambassador to Romania from 2002 until 2006, after which he was concurrently appointed as Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand and Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic. He took up this post in August 2007, succeeding David Fall, and was replaced in November 2010 by Asif Ahmad.

Quayle spent a lot of time in his roles as Ambassador promoting trade and investment and worked very closely with the British Chamber of Commerce in Thailand; his job directly before his posting to Bucharest was as International Group Director with UK Trade and Investment. He has also worked in the private sector for Price Waterhouse Management Consultants and VT Group. He is married to Alison Quayle, a professional translator, and has two sons, Christopher and Alexander. He currently serves as Honorary Chairman of International Beverages Holdings, the international arm of ThaiBev. and is on the board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and KCS Group.He works as an advisor to De La Rue, Salamander Energy and Sindicatum Sustainable Resources and is a lay member of the Queen's Counsel Selection Panel.

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Born
Jun 5, 1955
Nationality
  • United Kingdom

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on July 23, 2013

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