Quinton Mark Quayle (born 5 June 1955) is a retired

British Diplomat His Majesty's Diplomatic Service (HMDS) is the diplomatic service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, dealing with foreign affairs and representing British interests overseas, as opposed to the Home Civil Service, which ...

Early life, education and early career

Educated at

Bromsgrove School Bromsgrove School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the Worcestershire town of Bromsgrove, England. Founded in 1553, it is one of the oldest public schools in Britain, and one of the 14 founding members of the Headmaste ...

Humphry Davy School Humphry Davy School is a comprehensive school in Penzance, Cornwall, England. The school teaches 11 to 16-year-olds. History The oldest part of the main school building was completed in 1909. It was originally called the Penzance County School a ...

and

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

, Quayle entered the Foreign Office in 1977 and studied Thai at the

School of Oriental and African Studies SOAS University of London (; the School of Oriental and African Studies) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury a ...

, University of London. As a junior diplomat, Quayle studied at

Chiang Mai University Chiang Mai University ( CMU; th, มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่) is a public research university in northern Thailand founded in 1964. It has a strong emphasis on engineering, science, agriculture, and medicine. It ...

Diplomatic career

Before being sent to

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...

, Quayle's previous Diplomatic Service postings included: *

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

(Second Secretary, Political) *

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

(First Secretary, Political) * Jakarta,

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

(Deputy Head of Mission) Quayle served as

British Ambassador to Romania The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Romania is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Romania, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Romania. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to Romania''. ...

from 2002 until 2006, after which he was concurrently appointed as Her Majesty's Ambassador to the

Kingdom of Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

and (non-resident) 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 Asif Ahmad ( bn, আসিফ আনোয়ার আহমেদ; born 21 January 1956) is a banker-turned-diplomat, having served as a Senior Civil Servant at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. From 2017 to August 2021 he ...

. 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 (BCCT); his job directly before his posting to Bucharest was as International Group Director with

UK Trade and Investment UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) was a UK Government department working with businesses based in the United Kingdom to assist their success in international markets, and with overseas investors looking to the UK as an investment destination. It was re ...

Other work

He has also worked in the private sector for

Price Waterhouse PricewaterhouseCoopers is an international professional services brand of firms, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. It is the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accounting ...

Management Consultants and VT Group. From 2011 to 2016, he served on the boards of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Nursing and Midwifery Council. He also acted as Senior Adviser to De La Rue, Salamander Energy (now Medco Energi Global) in this period. He served as a lay member of the Queen's Counsel Appointments Panel and as a Non-Executive Director of 2gether NHS Foundation Trust until 2018. He was on the Governing Council of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers until 2020. Current international roles include serving as Advisor to the President and CEO of Thai Beverages, and Senior Advisor to Prudential and Sindicatum Sustainable Resources in Thailand. In the UK, he currently serves as Chair/Panel Member of the High Speed 2 (HS2) "Need to Sell" Panel, board member of Cottsway Housing Association, Public Interest Council member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and Independent Commissioner at the Data and Marketing Commission.

Personal life

He is married to Alison Quayle, a professional translator, and has two sons, Christopher and Alexander. His father was

Eric Quayle Eric Stanley Quayle (1921–2001) was a noted British bibliophile, collector, historian and author. Career Quayle's writings were mainly related to the themes of collecting books but he also produced a noted biography (1967) of the Victorian adven ...

, a British writer, collector, and historian.

References

Offices held

External links

UK in Thailand, Foreign & Commonwealth Office - Our ambassador
{{DEFAULTSORT:Quayle, Quinton 1955 births Living people Members of HM Diplomatic Service People educated at Bromsgrove School People educated at Humphry Davy Grammar School for Boys Alumni of SOAS University of London Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Romania Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Thailand Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Laos 20th-century British diplomats 21st-century British diplomats