Tobias Ellwood is a former British Army Officer, senior UK Parliamentarian and now writer and commentator on Defence, National Security & Foreign Policy issues. Tobias was elected Member of Parliament in 2005 and was Foreign Minister for the Middle East from 2014 -17 and Defence Minister from 2017-19. He was then elected Chair of the House of Commons Defence Committee. Prior to his parliamentary career Tobias served in the British Army with the Royal Green Jackets (and is a current Reservist) and then at the London Stock Exchange and the law firm Allen and Overy. He was born in New York (due to father’s posting with the UN), went to school in Vienna Austria and studied his first degree at Loughborough University. He completed a Masters at City University Business School and the Senior Executive Course in National and International Security Studies at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Tobias Ellwood is a distinguished fellow of the Atlantic Council and at the Royal United Services Institute. He is a joint UK/ US dual national, private pilot and eagle scout.