Press release
Change of UK Permanent Representative to the IAEA and CTBTO: Sonia Farrey
Sonia Farrey has been appointed UK Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency and Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation.
Ms Sonia Farrey has been appointed UK Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) in Vienna, in succession to Ms Corinne Kitsell.
Ms Farrey will take up her appointment during January 2026.
Curriculum vitae
| Year | Role |
| 2022 to 2025 | FCDO, Deputy Director, Gender and Children in Conflict Department |
| 2020 to 2021 | New York, Political Counsellor, UK Mission to the UN |
| 2018 to 2019 | UNICEF UK, Director of Advocacy / Head of Policy |
| 2017 to 2018 | Brussels, Head of the Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism Network (CTEN) in Europe |
| 2015 to 2016 | FCO, Head of Department, Middle East Directorate |
| 2013 to 2014 | FCO, Deputy Head of Security Policy Department |
| 2012 to 2013 | FCO, Deputy Head of Somalia Unit |
| 2010 to 2012 | FCO, Middle East Directorate |
| 2009 to 2010 | FCO, Counter-Terrorism Department |
| 2008 to 2009 | Baghdad, Reconciliation Advisor |
| 2007 to 2008 | Baghdad, DFID Office |
| 2006 to 2007 | Khartoum, Second Secretary |
| 2004 to 2006 | Arabic language training |
| 2001 to 2004 | FCO, Middle East Directorate |
| 2001 | Joined FCO |
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Published 17 October 2025