Jan Grauls joined
Ernst & Young as a senior advisor on 1 April 2013. Before joining EY, he had been in the Belgian diplomatic service for more than forty years. His last assignment was Ambassador-Permanent Representative of Belgium to the
United Nations in New York. In that capacity, he served as a member of the
United Nations Security Council (he held the office of president of the Security Council in August 2008). From 1994 until 1997, Jan Grauls was deputy chief of staff and diplomatic advisor to the King of Belgium. Jan Grauls served earlier in
Bonn,
Tunis, London,
Washington and at the Belgian Permanent Representation to the
European Union. Since his retirement from the diplomatic service, baron Grauls became a member of the Board of the
Francqui Foundation, the
Europalia International Arts Festival, the
Belgo-British Conference and the Quartier des Arts Association (Brussels). ==Personal life==