Rt Hon Sir Alan Duncan

Sir Alan Duncan served as the British government’s Minister of State for International Development and the UK’s Foreign Minister responsible for Europe and the Americas, and until November 2019 was the Member of Parliament for Rutland Melton. Sir Alan studied at St John’s College, Oxford and Harvard University before developing a successful career in the oil industry. He managed to combine a political career at the heart of government with real world experience of business. For the past thirty years, he has been at the centre of British political life and held positions such as Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and Shadow Minister for Justice. Seen as one of UK politics’ most forthright personalities, Sir Alan Duncan is regarded as one of the most connected and informed experts on the Middle East and, as Boris Johnson’s deputy in the Foreign Office, sat at the very midst of everything in government that took place between the EU referendum and the UK’s eventual exit from the EU.