Alyson King
Alyson King | |
|---|---|
| Principal-elect of Brasenose College, Oxford | |
| Assuming office | |
| Succeeding | John Bowers |
| British Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| Assumed office April 2023 | |
| Monarch | Charles III |
| Prime Minister | Rishi Sunak Sir Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Emily Maltman |
| Succeeded by | Zoë Ware (designate) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alyson Ruth Grace King 2 January 1967 |
| Spouse | Ayman Jarjour |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Brasenose College, Oxford (MA) Columbia University (MIA, LLM) King's College London (LLM) |
Alyson Ruth Grace King OBE (born 2 January 1967) is a British diplomat, lawyer and academic administrator who has served as the British Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo since April 2023, and is ex officio non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. She is the Principal-elect of Brasenose College, Oxford, due to take up the appointment in October 2026. She will be the first woman to hold the position of Principal since the college's foundation in 1509.
King's career has encompassed private legal practice at Davis Polk & Wardwell in New York and London, legal advisory roles in Brussels and London on international law and EU law, conflict resolution work in Sudan, and senior policy and diplomatic positions across the European Commission, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and the Scotland Office.