Dame Karen Pierce DCMG

KPierce

UK Special Envoy to the Western Balkans 

HM Diplomatic Service (1981-): UK Special Envoy to the Western Balkans (2025-). Formerly: HM Ambassador to the United States of America (2020-2025); Ambassador and Permanent Representative, UK Mission to the United Nations (2018-20); Director General Political and Chief Operating Officer, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2016-18); Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2015-16); Permanent Representative to the UN and World Trade Organisation, Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and International Organisations in Geneva (2012-15); Director, Afghanistan and South Asia, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2009-12). Honorary Fellow, Girton College Cambridge University (2019) 

A Governor (2020-), The Ditchley Foundation.