Nigel Thorpe
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Nigel James Thorpe CVO (born 3 October 1945) is a former British diplomat whose final posting was as Ambassador to Hungary.
Nigel Thorpe joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1969. He was posted as Third Secretary later Second Secretary to Warsaw in 1970. Three years later he went to Dacca where he was appointed First Secretary. He returned to the FCO in 1975 and was posted in 1979 as First Secretary (Economic) to Ottawa. He was seconded to the Department of Energy in 1981. The following year, he was appointed Assistant Head of the FCO's Southern African Department. In 1985, he was posted as Counsellor and Head of Chancery to Warsaw.[1] He was appointed Ambassador to Hungary in 1998.[2]
Post retirement
Following his retirement from HM Diplomatic Service, Thorpe remained in Budapest until November 2008 as Chairman of Vodafone Hungary.[3]