Peter Bateman has been Her Majesty's Ambassador to Luxembourg since September 2007.

He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, working in the East Africa Department. In 1985 he started his Japanese language training, and from 1987 to 1990 was First Secretary, Political, at the British Embassy in Tokyo.

In 1990 he worked with the FCO News Department and from 1991 to 1993 he headed the FCO's Nuclear Non-Proliferation Section.

From 1993 to 1998 he was posted to the British Embassy in Berlin, as Head of the Commercial Section, and was then appointed Director of Trade and Investment Promotion at the British Embassy in Japan where he served until 2002.  

He was seconded as Deputy Chief Executive to the City of London from 2003 to 2005. He was Ambassador to Bolivia before arriving in Luxembourg.

He was born on 23 December 1955; he is married to Andrea and they have three children