Jane Marriott

Jane Marriott OBE (born 1976 in Doncaster, England) is a British diplomat.[1] Marriott is currently Director of the Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit.[2] She has just been appointed the new British High Commissioner to Kenya, and will begin her consular duties in the Summer of 2019.

Marriott graduated from Durham University in 1997 with a first-class degree in History, and went on to complete an M.Phil in International Relations at Darwin College, Cambridge.[3]

Career

From 2013-2015 she was British Ambassador to Yemen.[2] Marriott formerly served as an adviser to Richard Holbrooke during his time as a Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.[2] Ms Mariott has been appointed the British High Commissioner to Kenya, an announcement made on 13 June 2019 and will take up the role from Mr.Nic Hailey [4]. She will commence her duties in the Summer of 2019.

Honours

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire - 2004

References
  1. "Marriott, Jane, (born 1976)". Who's Who (UK). Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  2. "Jane Marriott OBE". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  3. McAviney, Vincent. "From Durham to Deputy Ambassador to Iran in a decade". Issuu. Palatinate. p. 13. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  4. Watt, Andrew. "Jane Marriott appointed first female UK High Commissioner to Kenya". Brits in Kenya. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Nicholas Hopton		 British Ambassador to Yemen
2013-2015		 Succeeded by
Edmund Fitton-Brown
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