David Brighty

David Brighty

CVO

(born 7 February 1939) is a retired British diplomat who was ambassador to several countries.

Career

Anthony David Brighty was educated at Northgate Grammar School (now

Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1980–83, Counsellor at Lisbon 1983–86, and Director of the Cabinet of the Secretary General of NATO (Lord Carrington

) 1986–87. He was ambassador to Cuba 1989–91 and to Czechoslovakia 1991–93, then after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia he was ambassador both to the Czech Republic and (non-resident) to Slovakia 1993–94.^[1] He was ambassador to Spain and (non-resident) to Andorra 1994–98. After retiring from the Diplomatic Service, Brighty has been a non-executive director of

EFG Private Bank and of Henderson EuroMicro Investment Trust. In 2003 he was Robin Humphreys Fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London. He is chairman of the Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies at the London School of Economics.^[2]

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Andrew Palmer	Ambassador to Cuba 1989–1991	Succeeded by Leycester Coltman
Preceded by Laurence O'Keeffe	Ambassador to Czechoslovakia 1991–1993	Succeeded by himself, as ambassador to Czech Republic and Slovakia
Preceded by himself, as ambassador to Czechoslovakia	Ambassador to the Czech Republic 1993–1994	Succeeded by Sir Michael Burton
Preceded by himself, as ambassador to Czechoslovakia	Non-resident Ambassador to Slovakia 1993–1994	Succeeded by Michael Bates
Preceded by Sir Robin Fearn	Ambassador to Spain and non-resident Ambassador to Andorra 1994–1998	Succeeded by Peter Torry

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