page_title: Carne Ross
hierarchical_section_title: Carne Ross
caption_attribution_description: English: Nick Denton (Gawker Media), James Roscoe (UN) and Carne Ross (Independent Diplomat) Photo credit: Jenny Diamond
context_page_description: Carne Ross is the founder and executive director of Independent Diplomat, a diplomatic advisory group. Carne Ross taught in Zimbabwe before attending the University of Exeter where he studied economics and politics. He joined the British foreign service in 1989.
  Ross's testimony in the Butler Review directly contradicted the British position on the justification behind the invasion of Iraq.
context_section_description: Carne Ross (born 1966) is the founder and executive director of Independent Diplomat, a diplomatic advisory group.  Carne Ross taught in Zimbabwe before attending the University of Exeter where he studied economics and politics. He joined the British foreign service in 1989. 
  Ross's testimony in the Butler Review directly contradicted the British position on the justification behind the invasion of Iraq.
caption: Carne Ross in February 2012
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