Peter Jones

Peter Jones is a Visiting Senior Fellow and Head of Global Strategies at LSE IDEAS.

Peter served in the British Diplomatic Service for over thirty years, retiring from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in 2021. Peter was Chief Operating Officer and Director-General at the then Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) from 2017 to 2020. Prior to that, Peter was FCO Director for Defence and International Security from 2014 to 2017. Peter served in four UK diplomatic missions overseas: the UK Delegation to the Conventional Arms Control Negotiations in Vienna, British Embassies Bonn and Rome, and British High Commission Accra, where he was British High Commissioner to Ghana and non-resident British Ambassador to Togo and Burkina Faso from 2011 to 2014.

Peter has taken on a range of roles since retiring from the FCDO, including as a trainer and lecturer. He is Vice Chair of MAG International, a UK-based international humanitarian and development organisation working in countries affected by conflict, a Distinguished Fellow of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), and a Trustee of the British-Italian Society.