Alyson King OBE
Biography
Alyson King was His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2023 to 2026. She took up her appointment in April 2023.
Alyson has served as Deputy Head of Mission in Beirut, Lebanon, and before that, as the UK government’s Arabic spokesperson and senior regional communicator for Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
Alyson was previously Deputy Director, Policy in the Scotland Office.
Before that, Alyson was in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), leading on bilateral relations with 17 countries in northern and central Europe as well as the Republic of Ireland, EU institutional policy and staffing, and the FCO’s work on devolution.
Alyson’s previous roles included conflict resolution work in Sudan, a secondment to the European Commission working on sanctions and conflict diamonds, and legal advisory roles on international and EU law in both Brussels and London.
Alyson holds a First Class degree in Jurisprudence from Oxford University as well as an LLM in International Law from Columbia Law School; a Masters in International Affairs from SIPA, Columbia University, and a Masters in EU Law (distance learning) from King’s College London. She worked for a leading US law firm in New York and London before joining the civil service.
Alyson speaks French, Spanish and Arabic.
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Previous roles in government
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British Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Deputy Director, Policy