Mr. Mark Fitzpatrick, recently arrived as Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation. Mark Fitzpatrick comes to the IISS from a distinguished 26-year career in the U.S. Department of State, where for the last ten years he focused on non-proliferation issues. In his last posting he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Non-proliferation, responsible for policies to address the proliferation problems posed by Iran, North Korea, Libya, Iraq, South Asia and other regions of concern. Among his duties, he also oversaw implementation of the Proliferation Security Initiative, advanced conventional arms and technology controls, proliferation sanctions, and export control cooperation programs. Mark Fitzpatrick had previously served for four years at the U.S. Mission to International Relations in Vienna, including as Charge d’Affaires and as Counsellor for Nuclear Policy, in charge of liaison with the International Atomic Energy Agency. In previous State Department postings, he headed the South Asia Regional Affairs Office, responsible for non-proliferation and security policies regarding India and Pakistan; served as special assistant to Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbott; headed the Political-Military Branch of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo; served as North Korea desk officer; and held postings in South Korea and New Zealand. Mr. Fitzpatrick received a Master in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and joined officers of the Japanese Self Defence Forces in a one-year post-graduate study program at the Japanese National Institute of Defence, where his dissertation on Korean unification was published in journals in Japan and South Korea.
This meeting is exclusively for Corporate and Instutional Members of the IISS.
The address will begin at 10.30am, with a Q & A session from 11.15am to 12 noon. Tea and coffee will be served from 10am.
This event will take place on the Fifth Floor at Arundel House, 13-15 Arundel Street, Temple Place, London WC2R 3DX.
If you would like to attend or nominate an alternative representative, please contact Lorna Williams on +44 (0)20 7395 9120 or email corporateevents@iiss.org 
