Full Name:      John Roland Nichols

2003 - 2007    H M Ambassador, British Embassy, Budapest, Hungary.

2000 - 2003    Deputy CEO, British Invisibles (BI), then Acting Chief Executive, International Financial Services, London (IFSL): then Deputy CEO and Government Affairs Director, IFSL. 

1997 - 2000    Deputy Head of Mission and Director of Trade Promotion, British Embassy Berne

1995 - 1997    Consul General, Geneva

1993 - 1995    Deputy High Commissioner, Dhaka, Bangladesh

1991 - 1993    Assistant, Arms Control Department, FCO

1989 - 1991    Assistant, Commercial Management Department and the FCO/DTI Joint Directorate

1985 - 1989    First Secretary (Commercial) Brasilia

1982 - 1985    Energy Science and Space Department FCO

1979 - 1982    First Secretary (Political and Economic) Budapest

1977              Joined the FCO

1977              Qualified as a solicitor

1975 - 1977    Articled Clerk in the City of London.

Education:     First Class Honours, BSc Linguistic and Regional Studies, University of Surrey, 1970 - 1974

Languages:    Fluent German, French, Hungarian, good Portuguese, some Italian

Interests:       Opera, classical music, numismatics, painting, gardening

Personal details:    Born 13/11/1951, married to Suzanne (1983), son, Richard (1987), daughter, Elizabeth (1989)