Rory Keane heads the United Nations Liaison Office for Peace and Security in Brussels (UNLOPS), which represents the United Nations Departments of Peacekeeping Operations, Political Affairs and Field Support in building partnerships with the European Union, NATO and other organizations based in Brussels. Before his appointment as Head of the UNLOPS, Mr. Keane worked for the pervious United Nations Special Envoy for the Sahel Region, Romano Prodi.

Previous to that, he served as the security sector advisor to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Liberia. Mr. Rory Keane has worked on peace and security issues for a number of years in a range of capacities, including as Team Leader of the OECD International Network on Conflict and Fragility, European Commission desk officer for the DRC and Great Lakes and as the OSCE Spokesperson in the former Yugoslavia.

Mr.Keane holds a PhD in International Relations and a Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship on EU peace and security policy.