Dame Sarah MacIntosh DCMG
Biography
Dame Sarah MacIntosh DCMG was appointed Deputy National Security Adviser and Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs in June 2022.
Previously she served as the United Kingdom’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 to 2022.
Sarah joined the FCDO in 1991. Previous appointments include Director General, Defence and Intelligence (2014-2017); Director, Defence and International Security (2011-2014); Director, Strategic Finance (2009-2010); Her Majesty’s High Commissioner to Sierra Leone and Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Liberia (2006-2008); and the Strategy Co-ordinator for the UN Mission in Kosovo (2004-2005).
Sarah has also been posted to the UK Mission to the United Nations at New York; the UK Mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency at Vienna; and the British Embassy Madrid.
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British High Commissioner to Australia
The High Commissioner is the UK government’s representative in a Commonwealth nation. They are responsible for the direction and work of the High Commission and its Deputy High Commissions and/or Consulates, including political work, trade and investment, press and cultural relations, and visa and consular services.
Previous roles in government
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UK Permanent Representative to NATO
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Director General, Consular and Security