Justin Marozzi

Senior Advisor

Justin Marozzi is a writer, historian and strategic communications advisor with extensive experience working in and writing about many of the world's most challenging countries, including Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, Burma, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Colombia, Lebanon and Syria.

In 2004, Justin established the world's first outreach programme operated by a security company in a conflict zone, a nationwide civil affairs programme that assisted the innocent victims of conflict. He was a senior communications advisor in Darfur, working with the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in 2008, and Mogadishu, where he has assisted the African Union mission.

In 2010 Justin was a senior advisor to the British government's Stabilisation Unit (SU) on strategic communications in the UK, Afghanistan, Haiti, Congo, Somalia and other crisis environments. The author of four books, he has written extensively about these overseas assignments for the FT, Times, Spectator and Standpoint, as well as broadcasting for the BBC. He holds UK government security clearance and is a member of the SU’s Civilian Stabilisation Group.