Peter Ammon (born in Frankfurt/Main on 23 February 1952) is a German diplomat and was Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Kingdom from May 2014 until 31 January 2018.
[1] Ammon studied Mathematics and holds a doctorate in economics from Berlin's Free University.
His prior diplomatic career included postings to London, Dakar/Senegal, New Delhi, and Washington, D.C. From 1996 to 1999, he was Head of Policy Planning and speech writer to the President of Germany, Roman Herzog.
[citation needed] As Director General for Economics at the German Foreign Office from 2001 to 2007, he worked with German "Mittelstand" companies embracing globalisation, and helped to prepare the G8 world economic summits for German chancellors Gerhard Schröder and Angela Merkel.
In London, Ammon's agenda is focused on minimising economic and political risk after the Brexit referendum.