Sarah Montgomery OBE
Biography
Sarah Montgomery OBE was the UK바카라 사이트™s Special Envoy for the Red Sea and Horn of Africa, from June 2022 to May 2024.
Prior to this, Sarah was:
- Trade and Economic Counsellor in the British Embassy Washington
- Head of the Gulf, Yemen and Iran teams in the UK National Security Secretariat (and NSS lead on international strategy and engagement during the COVID-19 response)
- Development Director in the British High Commission, Kenya (in the then Department for International Development)
She has previously held roles as:
- Head of DFID Iraq overseeing the UK바카라 사이트™s humanitarian and stabilisation response to the Daesh crisis
- DFID바카라 사이트™s Ukraine lead, establishing teams in London and Kyiv in 2014
- Senior DFID Representative to the Helmand Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan
- Middle East lead in the UK 바카라 사이트바카라 사이트™s Stabilisation Unit
- Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local 바카라 사이트
Before joining the UK Civil Service in 2007, Sarah worked as a researcher in the House of Commons.
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Previous roles in government
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Special Envoy for the Red Sea and Horn of Africa
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Counsellor for Trade and Economics, USA
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Head of DFID Kenya