Kirsty Hayes
Biography
Full name: Kirsty Isobel Hayes
Dates | Role |
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2021 - 27 June 2025 | Argentina, UK Ambassador |
2018 – 2021 | Home Office, International Director |
2014 – 2018 | Lisbon, Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
2014 | Full-time language training (Portuguese) |
2011 – 2013 | FCO, Head, International Organisations Department |
2011 | FCO, Head, Corporate Communications Department |
2009 – 2010 | Special Unpaid Leave |
2008 – 2009 | Colombo, International Contractor to UN Development Programme Regional Centre |
2007 – 2008 | FCO, Deputy Head, Human Resources, Training, Recruitment and Development Section |
2006 – 2007 | FCO, Head, Human Resources, Diversity and Development Team |
2006 | Maternity Leave |
2005 – 2006 | FCO, Head, Institutions/France Team, Common Foreign and Security Policy Group |
2004 – 2005 | Maternity Leave then Special Unpaid Leave |
2002 – 2004 | Washington DC, Private Secretary to Her Majesty’s Ambassador |
2001 – 2002 | Washington DC, Temporary Second Secretary – Economic |
2000 – 2001 | Hong Kong, Vice-Consul – Political/Economic |
1999 – 2000 | FCO, Desk Officer, Environment Policy Department |
1999 | Joined FCO |
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Previous roles in government
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British Ambassador to Argentina
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British Ambassador to Portugal