JANE MARRIOTT’S PROFILE

Jane Marriott joined the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 2001. She was previously posted as British High Commissioner to Kenya from September 2019 to June 2023, and has served as British Ambassador to Yemen.

She has also been posted to the USA, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan as well as heading the UK’s Joint International Counter Terrorism Unit.

She recently travelled from London Heathrow using British Airways, the only airline to offer direct UK flights between the UK and Pakistan.

Jane Marriott was appointed OBE in 2004 for services in Al Amara, Iraq and Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to British foreign policy.