Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton is a strategic advisor to DS-48. He was Principal Private Secretary to The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry from 2005-2014. Prior to that he spent five years in the security sector, co-founding Objective Team, a company training journalists and others working in hostile environments. Previously, he was an officer in the British Army, serving in the Irish Guards (79-87), the SAS (87-95) and latterly on the staff of the Chief of the Defence Staff (95-98). He sits on the Advisory Council of the HALO Trust, the world’s largest humanitarian mine-clearance charity, and is a trustee of the Royal Foundation, the Endeavour Fund and the Varkey Foundation. He is a Deputy Lieutenant of Suffolk and President of the Royal British Legion in the county, an Honorary Master of the Bench at Middle Temple and an Extra Equerry to The Duke of Cambridge.