Dr Jonathan Brewer has been a Visiting Professor since 2010. He is currently Coordinator of the Group of Experts that supports the UN Security Council’s 1540 Committee. From 2010 to 2015 he was the financial expert on the UN Panel on Iran created pursuant to resolution 1929 (2010). From 1983-2010 he was a member of HM Diplomatic Service and served in British Embassies in Luanda, Mexico City and Moscow. He was seconded to the JIC as Secretary, 2003-2004, and was Head of Counter-Proliferation (2005-2010). He is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for New American Security, Washington DC and Fellow of the Geological Society of London. He holds a PhD in geophysics from Cornell University, New York, USA (1981) and a BA in Geology from the University of Oxford (1977).

Research

• Sanctions and proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
• Iran
• Typologies of financing of proliferation
• Implementation and circumvention of UN
• US and EU financial sanctions
• Private sector compliance good practices
• Financial Action Task Force Recommendations and the role of the private sector in supporting governments to combat proliferation

Publications

• The Financing of WMD Proliferation - Conducting risk Assessments, Oct 30, 2018, Center for New American Security, Washington DC (a guide to conducting proliferation finance risk assessments - basic principles for jurisdictions and financial institutions)
• The Financing of Nuclear and other Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation, Jan 24, 2018, Center for New American Security, Washington DC (a Primer)
• Final Report: Typologies of Financing of WMD Proliferation, Oct 13, 2017, Project Alpha, King's College London (illustrative case studies provided by governments and financial institutions, and possible risk indicators)
• UN Financial Sanctions on Iran: An Example of How Asset Freeze Exemptions Worked in Practice, Sep 29, 2016, RUSI Journal (an example of how asset freeze exemptions under UN Security Council sanctions resolutions on Iran worked in practice and as intended).