Dame Karen Pierce | |
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![]() Pierce in 2016 | |
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the United States | |
Assumed office 23 March 2020 | |
Monarchs | |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | The Lord Darroch of Kew |
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations | |
In office 23 March 2018 – March 2020 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | |
Preceded by | Matthew Rycroft |
Succeeded by | Dame Barbara Woodward |
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan | |
In office 1 May 2015 – 29 February 2016 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | David Cameron |
Preceded by | Richard Stagg |
Succeeded by | Dominic Jermey |
Personal details | |
Born | Preston, England, UK | 23 September 1959
Spouse | Charles Roxburgh |
Children | 2 |
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]