Press release
Change of UK Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York: Sarah MacIntosh
Dame Sarah MacIntosh DCMG has been appointed UK Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations at New York.
Dame Sarah MacIntosh DCMG has been appointed United Kingdom Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations at New York, in succession to Dame Barbara Woodward DCMG OBE.
Dame Sarah will take up her appointment during the summer of 2026.
Curriculum vitae
Full name: Sarah MacIntosh
| 2025 to 2026 | British High Commissioner to Australia |
| 2022 to 2024 | Prime Minister’s Adviser on International Affairs and Deputy National Security Adviser |
| 2017 to 2022 | NATO, Ambassador and Permanent Representative |
| 2014 to 2017 | FCO, Director General, Defence and Intelligence |
| 2011 to 2014 | FCO, Director, Defence and International Security |
| 2009 to 2011 | FCO, Director, Strategic Finance |
| 2008 to 2009 | Harvard, Weatherhead Fellow |
| 2006 to 2008 | British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone and HM Ambassador to Liberia |
| 2004 to 2005 | United Nations Mission in Kosovo UNMIK, The Strategy Coordinator |
| 2002 to 2004 | FCO, United Nations Department and then Conflict Department |
| 2000 to 2002 | United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations at New York, First Secretary |
| 1997 to 1999 | FCO, Strategic Planning Department |
| 1996 to 1997 | British Embassy Madrid, Second Secretary |
| 1994 to 1995 | United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations at Vienna, Third Secretary |
| 1991 to 1993 | FCO, United Nations Department |
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Published 21 May 2026