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| alma_mater = [[University of Northumbria]] <br/> [[University of Durham]]

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'''Peter James Middlebrook''' (born 1965) is a British [[economist]] and [[musician]].<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/peter-middlebrook-wandering-minstrel-on-a-mission-1.362020|title=Peter Middlebrook: Wandering minstrel on a mission|first=Tom|last=Arnold|website=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite ~~web~~magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/how-to-fight-pirates|title=How to Fight Pirates|first=Rose|last=George|magazine=The New Yorker |date=September 23, 2013|via=[[The New Yorker]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/23265017|title=Things Fall Apart: Dictatorships, Development, and Democracy in Africa|author1=Nega, Berhanu|author2=Schneider, Geoff|year=2012|journal=Journal of Economic Issues|volume=46|issue=2|pages=~~371~~371–381|doi=10.2753/JEI0021-~~381~~3624460212 |jstor=23265017 }}</ref> He is founder and [[chief executive officer]] (CEO) of Geopolicity, an international [[management consulting|management consultancy]], and Dignity Designed and Delivered Inc., a technology innovation firm producing intermediate shelters. He is also the co-founder of the [[Great Ethiopian Run]] with Olympic gold medalist [[Haile Gebrselassie]].<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2003/dec/03/guardianletters1|title=Ethiopian pacemakers|date=December 3, 2003|~~via~~newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://semonegna.com/legend-haile-gebrselassie-next-president-ethiopian-athletics-federation/|title=Haile Gebrselassie: The Next President of Ethiopian Athletics Federation|date=November 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/2085/|title=Great Fun Run In Addis|first=Dawit|last=Tolesa|date=November 25, 2017|website=[[The Reporter (Ethiopia)|The Reporter Ethiopia]]}}</ref>

Middlebrook performed under the stage name Jamie Brooke and has produced several albums, including ''Violet Symphony''.<ref name="auto2"/>

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In 2001, Middlebrook co-founded the [[Great Ethiopian Run]] with [[Haile Gebrselassie]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.capitalethiopia.com/2021/11/01/great-ethiopian-run-3/|title=GREAT ETHIOPIAN RUN|date=November 1, 2021}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/>

In 2005, Middlebrook co-founded Geopolicity Inc., a management consultancy based in Dubai, where he serves as the chief executive officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/240380878|title=PETER JAMES MIDDLEBROOK | ICIJ Offshore Leaks Database|website=offshoreleaks.icij.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite ~~web~~news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15303413|title=Report: Arab Spring upheaval cost $55bn|work=BBC News |date=October 14, 2011~~|via=www.bbc.co.uk~~}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/program/inside-story/2014/7/7/sisi-fuel-for-a-backlash|title=Sisi: Fuel for a backlash?|first=Inside|last=Story|website=Al Jazeera}}</ref> He is also the founder of design innovation firm Dignity Designed and Delivered Inc.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dignitydesigned.com/leadership|title=LEADERSHIP|website=Dignitydesigned}}</ref>

From September 2018 to July 2019, Middlebrook served as a board member of the Elephant Protection Initiative (EPI) Foundation working with former Botswana President [[Ian Khama]].<ref name="auto"/>

Middlebrook is an advisor to the United Nations on Post-Conflict Recovery and Sustainable Financing, representing the private sector at the UNDP Corporate Side Event at the UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development 2018 moderated by [[Achim Steiner]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.undp.org/press-releases/nature-life-accelerating-sdgs-progress-investing-people-and-planet|title=Nature for Life: Accelerating SDGs Progress by Investing in People and Planet|website=UNDP}}</ref> He led the Integrated National Financing Frameworks (INFF) on sustainable financing for [[Albania]],<ref>https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2024-07/albania_dfa_executive_summary.pdf</ref>, [[Botswana]],<ref>https://inff.org/assets/resource/botswana-sustainable-financing-strategy-bsfs-2023.pdf</ref>, [[Egypt]], [[Indonesia]],<ref>https://indonesia.un.org/sites/default/files/2023-01/INFF%202022%20-%20250822_Final%20%281%29_0.pdf</ref>, the [[Kyrgyz Republic]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.undp.org/kyrgyzstan/stories/first-development-finance-assessment-taking-place-kyrgyzstan|title=The first Development Finance Assessment is taking place in Kyrgyzstan|website=UNDP}}</ref>, and also authoring the UN Guidance Note on Strategic Budgeting for the SDGs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inff.org/resource/budgeting-for-the-sdgs|title=Budgeting for the SDGs|website=Integrated National Financing Framework}}</ref> In 2012 he led the technical work on the proposed Arab Stabilization Plan (ASP) for Majid Jaffar, working with [[Mark Malloch Brown|Lord Malloch-Brown]] and [[Parag Khanna]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arabplan.org/advisors.html|title=ADVISORS | Arab Stabilization Plan|website=www.arabplan.org}}</ref> Middlebrook advised the Albright-Gambari Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stimson.org/2016/commission-global-security-justice-governance-0/|title=Commission on Global Security, Justice & Governance • Stimson Center|first=Web|last=Mechanix|date=May 6, 2016}}</ref>

Middlebrook serves as a political adviser to governments of [[developing country|developing countries]]. In [[Afghanistan]], with [[Adib Farhadi]], he formulated the national development strategy for President [[Hamid Karzai]].<ref name="auto2"/> He led regional cooperation negotiations including the Heart of Asia Process and the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA).<ref>https://recca.mfa.gov.af/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/RECCA-VI-Book.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/2016-04/SIPRI_Afghanistans-Private-Sector_Report-2015.pdf</ref> In [[Iraq]], he served as an advisor to the post-[[Saddam Hussein]] government on public sector modernization.<ref name="auto2"/> In [[Ethiopia]], he was in charge of [[European Union]] projects in [[Tigray]]. He is also known for his work, ''The Economics of Piracy''.<ref>{{Cite ~~web~~magazine|url=https://nation.time.com/2011/05/23/pirate-map/|title=Pirate Map!|first=Mark|last=Thompson|magazine=Time |date=May 23, 2011|via=nation.time.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/out-of-control-piracy-set-to-cost-world-163-9bn-by-2015-2269013.html|title='Out of control' piracy set to cost world £9bn by 2015 | The Independent | The Independent|website=[[Independent.co.uk]] }}</ref>

In 2024, Middlebrook was named in the ''Voices of the Future'' list.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://voicesofthefuture.world/episode/peter-middlebrook-ceo-geopolicity-inc/|title=Peter Middlebrook – CEO, Geopolicity Inc., Geo-strategist – Voices of the Future}}</ref>

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