UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office
A South Asia expert who specializes in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas and the disputed region of Kashmir, Evans has been with the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office since 2003. He has served in a variety of positions, including First Secretary Political in Islamamad and New Delhi and lead policy advisor on counter-terrorism and counter-proliferation in the Policy Planning Staff. Since 2007, he has led the UK’s work in Pakistan on Afghanistan-Pakistan relations and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. He is also a Gwilym Gibbon Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, where he researches and writes on South Asia policy and informal networks. Before joining the Foreign Office, Evans was affiliated with a number of think tanks, including Policy Exchange, the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation, and the Adam Smith Institute, all in London.
