Founder and Managing Director

Nicholas Hopton is the Founder and Managing Director of Belmont Advisory. He is a specialist in geopolitics and navigating 21st Century challenges. A career diplomat for 35 years, Nicholas Hopton has deep experience in the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, National Security and multilateral organisations, including the UN, EU and Commonwealth. As British Ambassador to Iran, Libya, Qatar and Yemen, Nicholas Hopton has engaged at the highest levels of government and the private sector in addressing strategically and in detail some of the most important issues of our times.