Nigel John Dakin CMG (born 28 February 1964[2] is a British diplomat and soldier who served as Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands between 15 July 2019 and 29 March 2023.

Following service as an Infantry Platoon Commander in Northern Ireland he studied, again on a military scholarship, at the University of Birmingham between 1984 and 1987, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science.

He first lead staff groups involved in Russia and later on Counter Terrorism and, promoted to Director, he served on the executive board where he oversaw organisational transformation.

He served twice in the British Embassy in Washington DC: first from 2005 to 2007 working with the US Administration of George W. Bush on Iraq, Afghanistan and Counter Terrorism and again between 2016 and 2019 as the Senior National Security Official to the UK Ambassador to the United States.

[11] Dakin's Governorship included: the COVID-19 pandemic, when he held emergency powers;[12] the challenges of mass irregular migration caused by a serious deterioration in the security situation in neighbouring Haiti;[13] a concurrent rise in gang related murder temporarily suppressed following the deployment of armed officers requested from The Bahamas and a package of UK support;[14] an election and resulting change of government during the pandemic;[15] a Royal Visit[16] and the impact of Hurricane Fiona.