Joseph Wilson

Ambassador Wilson serves as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council. Wilson is an expert on doing business in an increasingly global community. During "Desert Shield," as Charge d'Affaires, he was responsible for the release of several hundred American hostages and the evacuation of several thousand foreigners from Iraq. He was the last official American to leave Baghdad before the Gulf War. Ambassador Wilson is a career member of the Foreign Service. His assignments have included Niamey, Niger; Lome, Togo; Pretoria, South Africa; Bujumbura, Burundi; Brazzaville, Congo; and the Department of State. Wilson's speech topics include: 7 International Affairs 7 The Global Economy / Global Investments 7 US & African Affairs 7 The Middle East / Gulf Affairs & Iraq