Dame Rosalind Mary Marsden DCMG (born 1950) is a British diplomat and public servant. She was European Union Special Representative to Sudan from 2010 to 2013.[1][2] Dame Rosalind is a Patron of the charity Kids for Kids, helping children in Darfur, Sudan. She is currently an Associate Fellow in the Africa Programme at Chatham House.
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She was educated at Woking County Grammar School for Girls, Somerville College, Oxford and St Antony's College, Oxford.
Background
edit- 1974, Assistant Desk Officer at the Near East and North Africa Department
- 1976-1980, Tokyo, the Second Secretary, Chancery (later promoted to First Secretary)
- 1980-1983, FCO, policy planner
- 1983-1985, European Community Department (Internal) Head of Section
- 1985-1988, British Embassy, Bonn
- 1989-1991, Deputy Head, Hong Kong Department
- 1991-1993, National Westminster Bank (Secondment)
- 1993-1996, Tokyo, Political Counsellor
- 1996-1999, Head, United Nations Department
- 1999-2003, Director, Asia-Pacific
- 2003-2006, Kabul, Afghanistan as Her Majesty's Ambassador
- 2006-2007, Basra, Iraq as British Consul-General
- 2007-2010, British Ambassador, Sudan
- 2010-2013, EU Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan
In Kabul, she was a prominent supporter of the Afghan Woman's Hour,[3] a women's radio programme for the BBC World Service Trust, to be broadcast on World Service Radio.
Honours
editDr Marsden was appointed DCMG in the New Year Honours 2010.[4] She is also an Honorary Fellow, Somerville College, Oxford.[5]
References
edit- ^ "UK Who's Who". A & C Black. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
- ^ "Dame Rosalind Marsden". Chatham House. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ Afghan Woman's Hour, BBC, UK.
- ^ 2010 New Year Honours List, The Guardian, 2010.
- ^ Honorary Fellows Archived 2010-05-03 at the Wayback Machine, Somerville College, University of Oxford, UK.