Karen Pierce

Dame Karen Pierce
Pierce in 2016
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the United States
Assumed office
23 March 2020
Monarchs
Prime Minister
Preceded byThe Lord Darroch of Kew
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
In office
23 March 2018 – March 2020
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime Minister
Preceded byMatthew Rycroft
Succeeded byDame Barbara Woodward
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan
In office
1 May 2015 – 29 February 2016
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byRichard Stagg
Succeeded byDominic Jermey
Personal details
Born (1959-09-23) 23 September 1959 (age 65)
Preston, England, UK
SpouseCharles Roxburgh
Children2
Education

Dame Karen Elizabeth Pierce, Lady Roxburgh, DCMG (born 23 September 1959), is a British diplomat who is currently British Ambassador to the United States[1] at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, and was previously the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations.[2][3]

  1. ^ "UK Names First Woman US Ambassador". BBC. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Birthdays". The Guardian. 23 September 2014. p. 41.
  3. ^ Wintour, Patrick (27 November 2017). "Karen Pierce becomes first female UK ambassador to the UN". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2018.