Sam Pass
Biography
Sam Pass arrived in August 2020 as the British Deputy High Commissioner to New Zealand. Prior to arriving in New Zealand she worked in London for six years on international and national security issues, including as Deputy Head of the Counter Proliferation Department where she helped co-ordinate the UK’s response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Her previous overseas postings have been to the UK Mission to the United Nations in New York, Ottawa and most recently Islamabad (2012-2014) where she was Head of Afghanistan-Pakistan Relations. Sam has worked in London and overseas on issues as diverse as climate change, export controls, the Middle East Peace Process and implementation of the Investigatory Powers Act.
Previous roles in government
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Deputy High Commissioner, British High Commission New Zealand