Karen Pierce

HE Karen Pierce

• 2006-Present - UK Deputy Permanent Representative and Ambassador to the UN, New York
• 2002-06 - Head of Eastern Adriatic Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• 2001-02 - Head of European Union Bilateral Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• 2001 - Head of Afghanistan Unit responsible for advice to Ministers on politico-military affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• 1999-2001 - Head of Newsroom/Press Office, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• 1996-99 - Worked on Balkans (including Kosovo crisis) and Eastern European affairs in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• 1991-95 - Private Secretary to the British Ambassador, Washington DC
• 1987-91 - Worked on Security Policy in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
• 1985-87 - Second Secretary (Political), Tokyo
• 1981 - Joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office