Sally Axworthy MBE
Biography
Sally Axworthy was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Holy See in September 2016. Her previous roles include time as Joint Head of the North Africa Department, Head of the Great Lakes, East Africa & Somalia Department, and Director of Corporate Services in India. Mrs Axworthy took up her appointment in September 2016.
Curriculum Vitae
| Full name | Sally Axworthy MBE |
| Children | 4 |
| 2013 – 2015 | FCO, Joint Head, North Africa Department |
| 2011 – 2013 | FCO, Head, Somalia Unit |
| 2011 | FCO, Head, Great Lakes, East Africa & Somalia Department |
| 2009 – 2011 | India, Director, Corporate Services |
| 2008 | Full time language training |
| 2007 – 2008 | FCO, Head of Financial Skills |
| 2006 | Senior flexible working project, Human Resources Directorate |
| 2004 – 2005 | Government Office South West, Project Leader, Vulnerable Adults Project |
| 2001 – 2003 | Government Office South West, Assistant Director, Devon and Cornwall |
| 1998 – 2000 | FCO, Head, Turkey, Cyprus & Malta Section, European Union Department |
| 1996 – 1998 | Bonn, First Secretary (European Union) |
| 1994 – 1996 | Secondment to the German Foreign Ministry |
| 1993 – 1994 | FCO, Head, Political Section, United Nations Department |
| 1991 – 1992 | Kiev, Second Secretary Economic |
| 1989 – 1991 | Moscow, Third Secretary Commercial |
| 1988 – 1989 | Full time language training (Russian) |
| 1987 – 1988 | FCO, Desk Officer, Hungary & Czechoslovakia |
| 1986 | Joined FCO |
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Previous roles in government
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British Ambassador to the Holy See