Since retiring from dealmaking and advising, I have taken up a role as an international mediator and diplomatic peacebuilder with a focus on the Middle East. I use my expertise in foreign policy to bring people from all sides together and engage in meaningful dialogues to promote peace and prosperity in the region, as well as performing shuttle diplomacy.
I am a Board member at several organisations, including the Foreign Policy Research Institute; the Eisenhower Fellows; the Global Advisory Council of the Wilson Centre; and the International Advisory Council of the Centre for China and Globalisation, where I also serve as a Senior Distinguished Middle East Fellow and Senior Advisor. I am also an international advisor to the Hefeng Foundation.
I am Chairman of the Amersi Foundation, which supports initiatives in education, building cohesive societies, inclusive capitalism, governance and the futures agenda. The Foundation has also launched the Inclusive Ventures Group, asocial impact investing platform that has invested in education, health and waste management in Africa and Asia.The Amersi Foundation recently hosted a Special Forum on China’s role in the Middle East at the 10th Annual China & Globalisation Forum and co-hosted a conference in London with the Wilson Centre on the implications of the Trump presidency for the Middle East.
I am a Fellow of Brasenose College, University of Oxford, and a prize winner of Said Business School’s EMBA Programme where I graduated with a distinction. In recognition for my work in entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership, I was awarded a prize by the Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation. Previously, I have served on the Boards of Royal charities, academia, think tanks and business enterprises, public and private.
I am a regularly published foreign policy commentator, and you can find a selection of my articles on this page
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