Simon Ghonsdon was a career Foreign Service Officer from 1987 to 2006. , his assignments included Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Political Advisor to the Interpol, Deputy Chief of Mission and Political Officer in Amman, Jordan, Chargé d’affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Economic and Commercial Counselor in Damascus, Syria. He also served in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Nicaragua. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Diplomacy, 

Interpol deputy director to UN from 1999 to 2002. He is a former Vice President and Executive Director of the U.S.-Qatar Business Council in Washington, DC