Background
He is the son of Alan and Christine Niblett.
editor musician Director of Chatham House
He is the son of Alan and Christine Niblett.
He was educated at Cottesmore School, followed by Charterhouse School. He studied at New College, Oxford, and obtained a Bachelor in Modern Languages in 1984, followed by Master of Philosophy in 1993 and Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations in 1995.
He has been the Director of Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) since January 2007. His doctoral thesis was entitled The European Community and the Central European Three, 1989-1992: a study of the Community as an international actor. On leaving Oxford, he was a musician 1985-1987 (he lists electric guitar among his recreations in Who"s Who).
He was Resident Associate at the, Washington, District of Columbia 1988-1991 and their Europe Representative 1992-1997.
He was Director, Strategic Planning, 1997–2000. Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, 2001-2006.
During his last two years at Center for Strategic and International Studies , he also served as Director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Europe Program and its Initiative for a Renewed Transatlantic Partnership. Niblett has participated as a panellist at conferences and events around the world as an expert on transatlantic relations and European order.
He has given evidence to the House of Commons Defence Select Committee about the future of North Atlantic Treaty Organization and European defence, to the Foreign Affairs Committee about the United States-United Kingdom relationship and the future of United Kingdom government policy towards the European Union, and to the Select Committee on Soft Power and the United Kingdom"s Influence.
He has appeared as an analyst on these topics in major media including the British Broadcasting Corporation and Cable News Network and has written and commented for prominent newspapers including the Financial Times, Washington Post, The Guardian and the Daily Telegraph. He is the editor and contributing author of the book America and a Changed World: A Question of Leadership and has edited and co-authored books on transatlantic cooperation and European integration. Most recently he authored a chapter in the book Influencing Tomorrow: Future Challenges for British Foreign Policy.
He is a Non-Executive Director of Fidelity European Values Investment Trust since 2010, member and former Chairman of the World Economic Forum"s Global Agenda Council on Europe.
He chaired the British Academy forum on language needs for United Kingdom public policy making and implementation and is currently Chairman of the Experts Group for the 2014 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit.
