Aron was educated at
Exeter School,
Leeds University and the
Polytechnic of Central London. He taught English in Sudan before joining the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1984. He has served at New York, Brasília and Brussels. He was
Ambassador to Kuwait 2008–09, Head of the Middle East Department at the FCO 2010–11, Ambassador to Iraq 2011–12, acting
Head of Mission at Tripoli September 2012 to January 2013, and Ambassador to Libya from January 2013 until June 2015. After the outbreak of the
Libyan Civil War in 2014, Aron supervised the evacuation of British citizens from Tripoli on the Royal Navy survey ship
HMS Enterprise. He and his remaining staff then closed the embassy and left Libya to set up a temporary office in Tunis. In April 2015, Aron was appointed Ambassador to the
Republic of Sudan, and took up the appointment in August of that year. In February 2018 he was transferred at short notice to be Ambassador to Yemen. After completing his time as Ambassador to Yemen, Aron returned to the FCDO, London in July 2021 and retired from the Diplomatic Service in October 2022. Since October 2022, Aron has been Chief International Affairs Officer of the Yemeni family-owned conglomerate HSA Group. ==Family==