Sarah Montgomery OBE
Biography
Sarah Montgomery OBE was the UK’s Special Envoy for the Red Sea and Horn of Africa, from June 2022 to May 2024.
Prior to this, Sarah was:
- Trade and Economic Counsellor in the British Embassy Washington
- Head of the Gulf, Yemen and Iran teams in the UK National Security Secretariat (and NSS lead on international strategy and engagement during the COVID-19 response)
- Development Director in the British High Commission, Kenya (in the then Department for International Development)
She has previously held roles as:
- Head of DFID Iraq overseeing the UK’s humanitarian and stabilisation response to the Daesh crisis
- DFID’s Ukraine lead, establishing teams in London and Kyiv in 2014
- Senior DFID Representative to the Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan
- Middle East lead in the UK Government’s Stabilisation Unit
- Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Before joining the UK Civil Service in 2007, Sarah worked as a researcher in the House of Commons.
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Previous roles in government
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Special Envoy for the Red Sea and Horn of Africa
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Counsellor for Trade and Economics, USA
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Head of DFID Kenya