Dr. Peter J. Middlebrook

Dr. Peter J. Middlebrook is the co-founder and CEO of Geopolicity Inc, an international management and consultancy group based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He was formally with the World Bank (Vice President’s Office) and PREM for South Asia, the European Union (AIDCO/RELEX) and UK Government. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Durham (2002) Institute of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and a BSc. (First Class) Honours in Environmental Studies and Ecology from the University of Northumbria.

He has more than 25 years in international development experience, living and working in the Middle East, North and East Africa and Central and Southern Asia covering various aspects of governance, economic growth, employment and state stability. He has worked in over than 50 countries, traveled to more than 100, and works as a senior advisor to Heads of State, Cabinet Executives, multilateral and bilateral institutions and is a regular invited speaker at Middle East Summits and Conferences. He led the technical drafting of the Botswana National Investment Strategy and the Botswana Sustainable Financing Framework; linked to the SDGs.

His work has been covered on BBC, Aljazeera, CNN, Time Magazine, The Financial Times, Sky News, USA Today, Reuters, Bloomberg and national media including the Gulf News, Albaweba, Alarabiya, the UAE National and Egypt News, The Times of India, The Hindu Times etc.