Peter Barker
Peter Barker was born in Nima Clinic, Accra, Ghana, West Africa.
After school in the UK, he went to the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, joining an armoured reconnaissance Cavalry regiment.
He completed parachute training and diver training; qualified as an Arctic Warfare Instructor, Jungle Warfare Instructor, Mountain Expedition Leader, and a Forward Air Controller. He served in Norway, Denmark, Northern Ireland, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, and Belize, eventually resigning as a Captain.
He has worked in Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Cameroon, Brazil, Malaysia, Brunei, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Sri Lanka, specialising in shipping and trading.
He now lives in the high pasturage of the Jura.