Sarah MacIntosh New UK Ambassador to UN in New York

UK Gov

Dame Sarah MacIntosh DCMG has been appointed UK Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations at New York.

Dame Sarah MacIntosh DCMG has been appointed United Kingdom Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations at New York, in succession to Dame Barbara Woodward DCMG OBE.

Dame Sarah will take up her appointment during the summer of 2026.

Curriculum vitae

Full name: Sarah MacIntosh

2025 to 2026British High Commissioner to Australia
2022 to 2024 Prime Minister's Adviser on International Affairs and Deputy National Security Adviser
2017 to 2022NATO, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
2014 to 2017FCO, Director General, Defence and Intelligence
2011 to 2014FCO, Director, Defence and International Security
2009 to 2011FCO, Director, Strategic Finance
2008 to 2009Harvard, Weatherhead Fellow
2006 to 2008British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone and HM Ambassador to Liberia
2004 to 2005United Nations Mission in Kosovo UNMIK, The Strategy Coordinator
2002 to 2004FCO, United Nations Department and then Conflict Department
2000 to 2002United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations at New York, First Secretary
1997 to 1999 FCO, Strategic Planning Department
1996 to 1997British Embassy Madrid, Second Secretary
1994 to 1995United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations at Vienna, Third Secretary
1991 to 1993FCO, United Nations Department
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