Jane Marriott
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Jane Marriott | |
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 Jane Marriott speaking at the Kenya National Elections Conference in 2022 | |
| British High Commissioner to Pakistan | |
| Assumed office July 2023 | |
| British High Commissioner to Kenya | |
| In office 2019–2023 | |
| Preceded by | Nic Hailey |
| British Ambassador to Yemen | |
| In office 2013–2015 | |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Hopton |
| Succeeded by | Edmund Fitton-Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1976 (age 49–50) |
| Alma mater | Durham University Darwin College, Cambridge |
| Profession | Diplomat |
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Jane Marriott CMG OBE (born 1976) is a British diplomat currently serving as the British High Commissioner to Pakistan, a position she assumed in 2023. She previously served as the British High Commissioner to Kenya from 2019 to 2023.
Marriott graduated from Durham University in 1997 with a first-class degree in History and later earned an MPhil in International Relations from Darwin College, Cambridge.[1]
From 2013 to 2015, Marriott served as the British Ambassador to Yemen.[2] She previously worked as an adviser to Richard Holbrooke, the United States Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.[2]
On 13 June 2019, Marriott was appointed British High Commissioner to Kenya, succeeding Nic Hailey, becoming the first woman to hold the position. She assumed office in the summer of 2019.[3] In 2023, she was appointed as the British High Commissioner to Pakistan.