Karen Pierce
Karen Pierce | |
|---|---|
Pierce in 2016 | |
| British Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 23 March 2020 – 2 February 2025 | |
| Monarchs | |
| President | Donald Trump (2020–2021) Joe Biden (2021–2025) Donald Trump (2025) |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | The Lord Darroch of Kew |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Mandelson |
| Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations | |
| In office 23 March 2018 – 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 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 September 1959 Preston, Lancashire, England |
| Spouse | Sir Charles Roxburgh |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | |
Dame Karen Elizabeth Pierce, Lady Roxburgh, DCMG (born 23 September 1959), is a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from March 2020 to February 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.