Alan Goulty

Alan Goulty retired in 2008 after 40 years service in the British Diplomatic Service, including postings as Ambassador to Tunisia (2004-8) and Sudan (1995-9), and as the UK Special Representative for Sudan (2002-4) and Darfur (2005-6), when he ledthe UK team in the Naivasha and Abuja peace talks. He was Director (Assistant Secretary-equivalent) for the Middle East and North Africa in the FCO from 2000-2002 and has also served in Cairo, Washington, Khartoum and Beirut. He was a Fellow of the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs at Harvard from 1999-2000. Education BA (Hons) in Modern History from the University of Oxford in 1968 and MA in 1971.BA (Hons) in Modern History from the University of Oxford in 1968 and MA in 1971.