Full Name: Nigel Marcus Baker
 
Date of Birth: 9 September 1966
 
Awards: M.V.O., awarded in 2003
 
Wife:  Alexandra (Sasa) Baker
 
 
DIPLOMATIC CAREER
 
Oct 2003 to Nov 2006:  Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy, Havana

Jun 2000 to Apr 2003:  Assistant Private Secretary to HRH The Prince of Wales

Jun 1998 to Jun 2000:  Head of European Defence Section, Security Policy Department, FCO

Mar 1998 to Jun 1998:  First Secretary, FCO, UK EU Presidency

Aug 1993 to Jan 1996:  Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy, Bratislava

Feb 1992 to Aug 1993:  Third, later Second Secretary (Economic), British Embassy, Prague

Jun 1990 to Jun 1991:  Desk Officer for Libya and Tunisia, Near East and North Africa Department, FCO

September 1989:  Joined Foreign & Commonwealth Office

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

Jan 1989 to Jun 1989:  Conservative Research Department, London

EDUCATION

1996-98:  Research sabbatical: Verona, Naples (Italy), Cambridge (UK), Paris

1985-88:  Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
First Class BA Hons, History, 1988
MA Hons (Cantab) 1992