Jane Marriott 

Jane Marriott CMG OBE has served as the British High Commissioner to Pakistan since July 2023. Before this role, she was the British High Commissioner to Kenya
(2019–2023) and Ambassador to Yemen (2013–2015). Marriott joined the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 2001, following earlier roles in the Cabinet Office and Home Office. Her previous positions include Director of the UK’s Joint International Counter-Terrorism Unit, joint FCDO Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Ambassador to Sana’a, Yemen (2013–2015), Deputy and Acting Ambassador to Tehran, and adviser to the US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke. She has also completed two postings in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. Marriott was appointed OBE in 2004 for her services in Al Amara, Iraq, and CMG in 2023 for her contributions to foreign policy.