Patrick Davies is an author, company adviser and mentor. He was a British diplomat for 25 years wrapping up his career in Washington DC as the UK's Deputy Ambassador to the United States (2013-18) where he worked alongside the Trump and Obama White Houses for 5 years. Earlier in his career, he served in Morocco, Poland and Iran. While at the Foreign Office in London, he was Private Secretary to two consecutive Foreign Secretaries, Robin Cook and Jack Straw (2000-3) and, later, led the UK's response to the Arab Spring (2010-12). His first taste of the US was on a student exchange programme in 1987. He has more than 30 years' experience of America, its people and politics and has travelled to more than 40 US states.