Born in the Cotswolds, UK, Greg Dorey was educated at Rendcomb College, Cirencester and the University of Oxford, where he graduated with an MA in Modern History.

 

Following a short period in domestic banking with NatWest Bank, Greg joined the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) as an Administration Trainee, working initially as a member of the Naval Supply and Transport Service in Portsmouth Dockyard. During his time in MOD, Greg also worked in Army finance, Royal Air Force operations, Naval procurement and strategic policy in the Central Staff. He was then seconded to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) as a Second Secretary in the UK Delegation to NATO.

 

Greg subsequently transferred permanently to the FCO and, following a brief attachment to Soviet Department, was then Acting Head of the Unit (subsequently Department) dealing with the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). During this period the groundbreaking Vienna CSCE Follow-up Meeting took place. Greg was subsequently posted to Hungary as First Secretary (Political and Economic) between 1989 and 1992, during one of the most interesting periods of modern Hungarian history.

 

On return to London, Greg worked as Private Secretary to the FCO Minister of State responsible for the Far East, South East Asia, Australasia, and the Pacific. This was followed by a period as Assistant Head of Middle East Department, dealing with the Gulf States, Yemen, Iraq and Iran.

 

Between 1996 and 1999, Greg served as Counsellor and then Deputy High Commissioner at the British High Commission in Islamabad. (He was made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order by HM the Queen Elizabeth in 1997.) During this period the High Commission also covered Afghanistan.

 

Following a few month’s secondment to HSBC Bank, Greg was Deputy Head of Mission in the British Consulate General in Hong Kong between 2000 and 2004.

 

Greg then returned to London as Assistant Director in the FCO’s Human Resources Directorate, responsible for operational issues. In December 2007 he became British Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary.