Tom Fletcher CMG is a Visiting Professor at New York University and the Diplomatic Academy. He was British Ambassador to Lebanon (‪2011-15) & the Downing Street foreign policy adviser to three Prime Ministers (2007-11). He is an Honorary Fellow of Oxford University & the Global Strategy Director for the Global Business Coalition for Education, which seeks to harness private sector efforts to get 59 million children into school. He blogs as the Naked Diplomat & chairs the International Advisory Council of the Creative Industries Federation, promoting Britain's most dynamic & magnetic sector overseas. Tom is leading a review of British diplomacy for the UK Foreign Office & a report on the future of the UN for the next UN Secretary General. His book on the future of power & diplomacy will be published by Harper Collins in June 2016.

Tom is married to Dr Louise Fletcher, a psychotherapist, & they have two sons.