Wells (born October 13, 1943) has been President and Chief Executive Officer of TKC International LLC, a specialist technical services company supporting the US government, since May 1, 1992.
Wells is unique insofar as he is the only living person to have worked for British Intelligence as a British citizen and for US Intelligence as an American citizen.He developed key relationships with sensitive parts of the US defense and intelligence community since he first served in Washington DC in the mid-1970s as a British Naval Officer.
He returned to the United States permanently in the early 1980s after the Falklands Conflict to work on key programs to counter the Soviet Union and allies.
At the conclusion of the Cold War he formed a partnership on Capitol Hill with the late Honorable William L.
Dickinson, former Member of the US House of Representatives from Alabama, and Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee and Dr.
Anthony R.
Battista, the key Staff member of the HASC during the high point of the Cold War and the Reagan Administration who staffed several critical special programs from the House Rayburn Building.Wells is the third Chairman of the USS Liberty Alliance, succeeding in 2013 Rear Admiral Clarence “Mark” Hill and Admiral Thomas Moorer, a former Chief of Naval Operations and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The USS Liberty is the US Navy Spy ship that is the most highly decorated ship in the history of the US Navy in a single action.
Wells was made an honorary crew member in 2013 at a special ceremony by the surviving crew members of the USS Liberty and Veterans Association to honor his work in intelligence, research, analysis, and publications regarding the June War of 1967, and support for the USS Liberty cause.
In late 2013 Wells became the first Chairman of Durham University’s North America Development Board, having served for several decades as a Vice President of the North American Foundation for the University of Durham, with both entities focused today on endowment for post graduate research studentships and fellowships at Durham for American students.