He spent a year in the FCO's Counter Terrorism Department before being appointed Director, Advanced Technologies, UK Trade & Investment. From 2005 to 2006, he was Deputy Head of Mission in Baghdad. Two short assignments at the FCO followed before he was appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen in July 2007.[3] On 26 April 2010, Timothy Torlot survived a suicide bomber's attack,[4] responsibility for which was claimed by Al-Qaeda's Yemen wing.[5] He was appointed head of the European External Action Service delegation to Bolivia in 2012.[6] He was appointed British Ambassador to Uzbekistan in 2019.[7]