Dame Karen Pierce DCMG
UK Special Envoy to the Western Balkans
HM Diplomatic Service (1981-): UK Special Envoy to the Western Balkans (2025-). Formerly: HM Ambassador to the United States of America (2020-2025); Ambassador and Permanent Representative, UK Mission to the United Nations (2018-20); Director General Political and Chief Operating Officer, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2016-18); Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2015-16); Permanent Representative to the UN and World Trade Organisation, Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations and International Organisations in Geneva (2012-15); Director, Afghanistan and South Asia, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2009-12). Honorary Fellow, Girton College Cambridge University (2019)
A member of the Council of Management (2025-) and a Governor (2020-), The Ditchley Foundation.
Council of Management
The Ditchley Internship Programme
The Ditchley Internship programme offers over 50 students the opportunity each year to become immersed in the ethos of Ditchley.
Our Home at Ditchley Park
Ditchley Park is part of the world’s heritage and remains as central to our way of working now as it has ever been.
