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.

Previous roles in government

  • Special Envoy for the Red Sea and Horn of Africa
  • Counsellor for Trade and Economics, USA
  • Head of DFID Kenya