Tom Arnold currently serves as Chair of the Board of the Glencree Centre for Peace and Reconciliation; Chair, Effective Aid Ukraine; Board member of the Global FoodBanking Network (GFN); member, Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition (GloPan); board member, Malabo Montpellier Panel; board member, John and Pat Hume Foundation. He is a member of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and Lifetime Honorary Member of the RDS.

His previous roles include serving as Ireland’s Special Envoy for Food Systems; Chair, Food Vision 2030 agri-food strategy group; Board member, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN); Director General, Institute for International and European Affairs (IIEA); Chair, Irish Constitutional Convention; CEO, Concern Worldwide; Chair, OECD Committee of Agriculture; Chair, Irish Times Trust and Board member, Irish Times; Chief Economist and Assistant Secretary General, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM); Administrator, European Commission.