Tim Jones served in the UK Foreign Service for more than 40 years, including as Ambassador to Tajikistan and Armenia as well as being Chargé d’Affaires in Tehran. He was seconded to the EU Council Secretariat as Chief of Staff to the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, as well as to the EEAS and the EU Administration of Mostar (Bosnia). He has covered the full spectrum of international Economic issues, including in the British Embassy in Berlin during the Brexit negotiations, and has wider experience of law enforcement cooperation and crisis management.