Nick Pyle OBE MBE

Biography

Nicholas John Pyle OBE, MBE was accredited as Deputy Governor of Gibraltar in September 2016. Prior to this appointment he served as British High Commissioner to the Republic of Botswana and UK Representative to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) since 2013.

Nick Pyle joined the FCO in 1981 and until 1996 he held various positions, including postings to Geneva, Kabul, Jeddah, Bridgetown and Colombo where he focused on political and consular work.

He spent eight years working on Africa where his roles included the Deputy Head of Africa Department - Central and Southern and a secondment to the United Nations Political Office for Somalia, working on a broad range of security, conflict, governance and development issues in Somalia.

Nick was awarded the MBE in 1999 and the OBE in 2009. He is married to Ros Day (MBE) and they have two sons and one daughter.

His outside interests includes playing golf, tennis, football, cricket, skiing, watching rugby and dog walking.