Dame Sarah MacIntosh DCMG
Biography
Dame Sarah MacIntosh DCMG was appointed Deputy National Security Adviser and Prime Minister鈥檚 Adviser on Foreign Affairs in June 2022. 聽
Previously she served as the United Kingdom鈥檚 Ambassador and Permanent Representative to NATO from 2017 to 2022. 聽
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鈥檚 High Commissioner to Sierra Leone and Her Majesty鈥檚 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鈥檚 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