Career
He has worked in South Africa, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and was part of the United Nations Secretary-General"s policy team in 2005. He has worked with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department for International Development, and was also a Director of Penn Schoen Berland. He has published extensively, including in The Guardian, Foreign Policy magazine, Global Dashboard, and the Foreign Policy Association.
He was a panelist at the 2010 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit in Lisbon, and also tweets regularly.
He has acted as an advisor in peace negotiations, and has been published on Northern Ireland"s transition from war to peace and political reconciliation. Educated in Scotland, the United States and Argentina, he was recognised in 2007 in The Observer / New Statesman "s “Top 50 in Public Life”, as one of the Diplomatic Courier"s "Top 99 Most Influential International Professionals Under 33 in Foreign Affairs" (2011), and is listed in Who’s Who (2013 edition).
