David Roberts

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Associate consultant

Experience

30 years

Nationality

British

Expertise

International relations, political risk, sustainable business, corruption and human rights. Multilingual. Formerly a senior British diplomat for more than 30 years.

Career highlights

  • Deputy ambassador in Chile
  • Directed the UK’s trade and investment promotion effort in Switzerland
  • Headed Foreign Office department responsible for sustainable development and relations with business
  • Handled a constitutional crisis as senior adviser to the governor of one of the UK’s Caribbean territories
  • As part-time consultant to 3i Group, Europe’s largest private equity company, led pioneering project on corporate responsibility