Ambassador Mark G. Hambley (Retd) (United States of America)

A native of the State of Idaho in the Pacific Northwest, Mark Hambley spent 32 years in the Foreign Service of the United States of America. His specialties during his varied diplomatic career included service as the U.S. Special Negotiator on Climate Change and as the principal U.S. envoy to the United Nations on sustainable development issues. His bilateral assignments included postings as Consul General in Jeddah and Alexandria and as U.S. Ambassador to Qatar and later to Lebanon.

During his diplomatic career and follow-on undertakings, he witnessed first-hand war and civil strife in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Palestine, and Libya. He writes extensively on issues of political change and development in the region for private circulation and has appeared on panels or lectured at various institutes and universities in North America and Europe including Cambridge, the Sorbonne, the Universities of California, Stanford, Harvard, and McGill.

Currently, Mr. Hambley is a consultant on International Matters for Apollo Security International. He is a Trustee at the London-based Next Century Foundation (NCF) and a board member of the Middle East Policy Council (MEPC) in Washington, D.C.

In the former capacity, he travels extensively to the Middle East and South Asia working on issues related to conflict resolution and the striving for human dignity in Afghanistan. Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Libya, and Syria.