The Lord Ricketts GCMG GCVO

Lord Ricketts spent 40 years as a British diplomat. He was closely involved in international crisis management throughout his career, particularly during the conflicts in the Balkans, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. He was UK Permanent Representative to NATO (2003-6), Permanent Under-Secretary at the FCO (2006-10), the UK’s first National Security Adviser (2010-12) and Ambassador to France (2012-16).

He became a cross bench (non-political) member of the House of Lords in 2017 and chaired the European Affairs Committee until earlier this year. In addition to his role at RUSI, he is a Visiting Professor at King's College London, a Non-Executive Director of Eurotunnel, and Honorary President of the Trust which built and now runs the British Normandy Memorial.