Sir Tim Barrow GCMG LVO MBE

Biography

Sir Tim Barrow was appointed as the National Security Adviser in September 2022. Prior to this, Tim was the Second Permanent Under-Secretary and Political Director at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Tim joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1986 working in the Western European Department. His first overseas posting was in 1989 as part of the British Days Exhibition, followed by Second Secretary in Moscow. Sir Tim is also the UK Sherpa for the G7 and the G20

His previous roles were:

  • Head of Russia Section
  • Private Secretary to Minister of State
  • First Secretary, UKREP Brussels
  • Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary
  • Head of Common Foreign and Security Department
  • Assistant Director, EU External
  • Deputy Political Director
  • Her Majesty’s Ambassador in Kyiv
  • Representative to the Political and Security Committee of the European Union and Ambassador to the Western - - European Union, UKREP Brussels
  • Her Majesty’s Ambassador in Moscow
  • Political Director
  • UK Ambassador to the European Union, and before that the UK’s Permanent Representative to the EU in Brussels