Alison Rose (diplomat)

Alison Rose
Principal of Newnham College
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 October 2019
Preceded byCarol M. Black
British Ambassador to Belgium
In office
11 August 2014 – 21 June 2019
Preceded byJonathan Brenton
Succeeded byMartin Shearman
Personal details
Born
Alison Jane Rose[1]

(1961-12-10) 10 December 1961 (age 63)
Coventry, United Kingdom
Alma materNewnham College, Cambridge

Alison Jane Rose (born 10 December 1961) is a British former diplomat and the Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge. She was the British ambassador to Belgium from 2014 until 2019.[2]

Early life and education

Rose was born in Coventry and studied at Barr’s Hill Grammar School. She read modern history at Newnham College, Cambridge,[2] and was the first in her family to gain a degree.[3]

Career

Rose joined the Civil Service in 1983, working in the Manpower Services Commission. She joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1999 and developed an EU specialism and worked for the FCO in Paris, London and Brussels. She was appointed as British ambassador to Belgium in October 2013, and was in post from 11 August 2014 to July 2019.[4] The issues arising from Brexit during her tenure gave her opinions particular interest in the Belgian media.[5][6][7]

Rose was elected by Newnham College, Cambridge, as the principal-elect in January 2019, and was formally installed in office in October 2019, as the thirteenth Principal of Newnham.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Belgium". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Alison Rose". Gov.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Alison Rose – Newnham College". www.newn.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Belgium". Gov.uk. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Alison Rose, ambassadrice du Royaume-Uni en Belgique". Le Soir. 13 April 2019.
  6. ^ Maarten Rabaey (20 June 2019). "Ambassadeur Alison Rose neemt afscheid van België: 'De brexit is het grootste Britse project sinds WO II'". De Morgen.
  7. ^ Olivier le Bussy (21 June 2019). "Alison Rose, l'ambassadrice du Royaume-Uni en Belgique : "Une sortie sans accord n'éteindrait pas l'incertitude"". La Libre Belgique.
  8. ^ "British Ambassador to Belgium Alison Rose to become Newnham Principal". Varsity Online. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Newnham150". Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
Academic offices
Preceded by Principal of Newnham College
2019–present 		Incumbent