Sir Vincent Fean KCVO (born 20 November 1952)[1] is a retired British diplomat and former Ambassador.

He was educated at St Theodore's RC High School in Burnley and, from 1971 to 1975. at the University of Sheffield[2] where he obtained a BA Honours degree in French and German.

[6] Fean was Ambassador to Libya during the 2009 release of Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi.

In information released in the 2010 Wikileaks cables, he was attributed as saying that “they could have cut us off at the knees” in relation to likely Libyan government actions against UK interests in the country, should Megrahi die in prison in Scotland.

[7] In December 2014 The New York Times published an opinion piece by Fean in which outlined what he believes are requirements for a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.