In 2015, Keating was appointed an associate director at Chatham House in London, where he had initiated and directed a number of projects on topics including Afghanistan, natural resources and conflict, the Moving Energy Initiative, and humanitarian engagement with non-state armed groups, before taking up the role as UN Special Representative to Somalia. In 2019, he was awarded a CMG for services to international diplomacy, conflict prevention, and human rights.https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/767768/DS_O_NY19_M_G_HMTQ.pdf
