LONDON, May 21 -- The government of the United Kingdom issued the following news:

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 2026 British High Commissioner to Australia

2022 to 2024 Prime Minister's Adviser on International Affairs and Deputy National Security Adviser

2017 to 2022 NATO, Ambassador and Permanent Representative

2014 to 2017 FCO, Director General, Defence and Intelligence

2011 to 2014 FCO, Director, Defence and International Security

2009 to 2011 FCO, Director, Strategic Finance

2008 to 2009 Harvard, Weatherhead Fellow

2006 to 2008 British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone and HM Ambassador to Liberia

2004 to 2005 United Nations Mission in Kosovo UNMIK, The Strategy Coordinator

2002 to 2004 FCO, United Nations Department and then Conflict Department

2000 to 2002 United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations at New York, First Secretary

1997 to 1999 FCO, Strategic Planning Department

1996 to 1997 British Embassy Madrid, Second Secretary

1994 to 1995 United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations at Vienna, Third Secretary

1991 to 1993 FCO, United Nations Department

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