DCM's Bio

Peter M. Haymond

Peter Haymond began his assignment as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Vientiane, Laos in August 2008. A career Foreign Service Officer, Mr. Haymond has previously served at the U.S. embassies in China (2003-05), Laos (1997-2000), Thailand (1994-96) and Korea (1992-94). At the State Department in Washington, DC, he has worked as division chief in the Economic, Energy and Business Bureau’s Office of International Energy and Commodities Policy; and as deputy director in the International Organizations Bureau’s Office of Economic and Development Affairs.

Mr. Haymond holds a Ph.D. degree in economics from The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts University. He received his B.A. degree in economics and international affairs from Brigham Young University.

Mr. Haymond speaks Lao, Thai, Mandarin Chinese and some French.  He is married with one child.