Edward Glover was born in London. After gaining a history degree followed by an MPhil atBirkbeck, University of London, he embarked on a career in the British diplomatic service,during which his overseas postings included Washington DC, Berlin, Brussels and theCaribbean. He subsequently advised on foreign ministry reform in post-invasion Iraq, Kosovoand Sierra Leone. For seven years he headed a one-million-acre rainforest-conservationproject in South America, on behalf of the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Government ofGuyana.