After studying fine arts at Trinity College, Cambridge, Hugo Morley-Fletcher joined Christie's in 1963. He spent almost 28 years in their European Ceramics department, where his posts included head of that department, head of the Rome office and director of the company. He is now a ceramics consultant and lectures frequently on that subject. He has written numerous articles and several books, including one on Meissen porcelain. He is a freeman of the City of London and liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Dyers, and in 1999 served as their Prime Warden. He is also a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.