Kirsty Hayes

Biography

Full name: Kirsty Isobel Hayes

Dates Role
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

Previous roles in government

  • British Ambassador to Argentina
  • British Ambassador to Portugal