Styles, Graham Charles Trayton
Born Farnborough 16 April 1958; s of late Roy Trayton Styles and of Audrey Jean Breething (née Kelynack); m 1984, Rachael Jane Hopkins; two d
HM Diplomatic Service, retired; Head, Kosovo, Albania and Macedonia Team, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 2015–16
Education
Sevenoaks Sch.; Orpington Coll. of Further Educn; Birmingham Univ. (BA Hons English 1981)
Career
Entered FCO, 1977; Registry Officer, Central and Southern African Dept, FCO, 1977–78; on sabbatical, 1978–81; Registry Officer, Eastern Eur. Soviet Dept, FCO, 1981–85; Registry/Communications Officer, Mauritius, 1985–88; Entry Clearance Officer, Paris, 1989–92; Postings Officer, FCO, 1992–95; Third Sec., UK Delegn to OSCE, Vienna, 1995–98; Desk Officer Sierra Leone, Africa Dept, FCO, 1998–2001; Nat. Contact Point, EU Twinning Prog., EU Dept, FCO, 2001–02; Deptl Report Writer, Directorate for Strategy and Innovation, FCO, 2002–04; Hd, Mekong and Burma Team, SE Asia Dept, FCO, 2004–06; First Sec., UK Mission to UN, Vienna, 2006–11; Ambassador to Rep. of Guinea, 2011–14
Recreations
reading, running, disused railways, Arsenal FC, eating rice pudding
