Terence Taylor is the founding President of the International Council for the Life Sciences (ICLS). From 2012 to 2017 in New York he was the Coordinator of a Group of Experts supporting the United Nations Security Council’s efforts to counter the acquisition and use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons by terrorists. He served as Vice-President for Global Health and Security at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) in Washington, DC; Executive Director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies-US and, earlier, as Assistant Director of IISS in London. A particular area of his work with these organisations was the development of scientific networks related to health security and in relation to epidemiological surveillance across sensitive political boundaries in Africa, the Middle East, South and South-East Asia. He has substantial experience in international security policy matters as a UK government official and for the UN both in the field and at UN Headquarters in relation to the development and implementation of policies in relation to arms control and non-proliferation treaties and agreements for both conventional and weapons of mass destruction. He has also conducted studies of the biotechnology industry, and biological safety and security at life science facilities in both the private and public sectors. He was a member of the US Institute of Medicine’s Standing Forum on Microbial Threats and a Science Fellow at Stanford University’s Centre for International Security and Cooperation. He was a career officer in the British Army with experience in many parts of the world including counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations and UN peacekeeping.