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...leaders from within, so it wasn't long before promotion brought the first of a series of stripes. Leading teams and instructing across a number of subject areas helped build my...
...to coalition airborne operations in the fight against ISIL in Iraq. The FCO’s Global Response Centre will be operational 24 hours a day throughout the Christmas and New Year period,...
...heading up the joint UK/US reconstruction effort in Basra, southern Iraq, in 2008/09. The environment was hostile, the politics were difficult (to say the least) and bridging the civilian-military cultural...
...who need it most Over the years I’ve worked on a host of emergencies, from conflicts in Iraq and Gaza, to typhoons and the Balkan floods. I’ve also undertaken programme...
...international diplomacy, mostly in countries like Syria, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan. You probably don’t know that, on 28 October, I will become the Chair of the Civil Service Lifeboat Fund....
...the services they use, and society is more diverse than it’s ever been. And the recent report of the Iraq Inquiry has reminded us once again of the vital role...
...Ministers; and worked on the frontlines in Iraq and Afghanistan. Far too often, this has felt like a decades-long lesson in managing intractable conflicts. The time I’m spending at the...