Adrian Foster is the strategic adviser of the Survey’s MPOME project, focusing on policy advice and support, training design and delivery, and project coordination.

Before joining the Survey, he served in the British Army for 39 years, reaching the rank of Major General. His last two postings were Deputy Military Adviser for Peacekeeping in the UNHQ New York, and Acting Force Commander/Deputy Force Commander of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).

He has received a number of national and international honours and awards, including a CMG and an MBE, and holds an MSc in Security Sector Management from Cranfield University, United Kingdom, and a BSC in Mathematics from Southampton University, United Kingdom.