Karen Pierce
Karen Pierce | |
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Pierce in 2024 | |
| British Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 23 March 2020 – 2 February 2025 | |
| Monarchs | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Kim Darroch |
| Succeeded by | Peter Mandelson |
| Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations | |
| In office 23 March 2018 – 23 March 2020 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Matthew Rycroft |
| Succeeded by | Dame Barbara Woodward |
| British Ambassador to Afghanistan | |
| In office 1 May 2015 – 29 February 2016 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Richard Stagg |
| Succeeded by | Dominic Jermey |
| Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the UN in Geneva and WTO | |
| In office 8 May 2012 – 14 April 2015 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Peter Gooderham |
| Succeeded by | Julian Braithwaite |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Karen Elizabeth Pierce 23 September 1959 Preston, Lancashire, England |
| Spouse | Charles Roxburgh |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Penwortham Girls' High School |
| Alma mater | Girton College, Cambridge (BA) London School of Economics (MSc) |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
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Dame Karen Elizabeth Pierce DCMG (born 23 September 1959) is a British diplomat and senior civil servant who most recently served as the British Ambassador to the United States from 2020 to 2025.
She was previously the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations from 2018 to 2020 and the British Ambassador to Afghanistan from 2015 to 2016. She was the first woman appointed to the United States and United Nations roles, and the second in the Afghanistan role.