Melanie Robinson CMG

Biography

Melanie Robinson has been the British Ambassador to Zimbabwe since January 2019. Prior to this she was Executive Director for the UK at the World Bank Group in Washington from 2015 to 2018.

Melanie has 18 years of experience in the international development sector, both in the UK’s Department for International Development and in the UK’s Department for Energy and Climate Change. She served as Head of DFID Ethiopia from 2012 to 2015.

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Previous roles in government

  • Management Board Overseas Network Representative
  • British Ambassador to Zimbabwe
  • Head of DFID Ethiopia