Biography
Neil Quilliam is an associate fellow with the Middle East and North Africa Programme. He was previously senior research fellow heading the Programme’s Future Dynamics in the Gulf project.
Prior to that, he was project director of Syria and Its Neighbours policy initiative and acting head of the MENA Programme, having first joined Chatham House as a senior research fellow in January 2014.
He previously served as senior MENA energy adviser at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), senior MENA analyst at Control Risks, London, and senior programme officer at the United Nations University, Amman.
Neil has lived in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and UAE, and has travelled extensively around the MENA region, working on a variety of development, education and research projects.
He has published a number of books and articles on international relations and political economy of Syria, Jordan, Iraq and the Gulf Cooperation Council states.
Past experience
| 2014-17 | Project Director, Syria and Its Neighbours Policy Initiative, Chatham House |
| 2010-14 | Middle East and North Africa Energy Adviser, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London |
| 2005-10 | Head of Desk/Senior Analyst, Middle East & North Africa, Control Risks, London |
| 2003-05 | Senior Programme Officer, United Nations Leadership Institute, Amman, Jordan |
| 2002-03 | Development Consultant, Queen Zein Al-Sharaf Institute for Development, Amman, Jordan |
| 2002-03 | Policy Analyst, Emirates Center for Strategic Studies & Research, Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| 2000-02 | Lecturer (Part-time), Jordan Institute of Diplomacy, Amman, Jordan |
| 2000-02 | Programme Officer, United Nations Leadership Institute, Amman, Jordan |
| 1998-2000 | Prince of Wales and King Faisal Scholar, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
