Education
She was educated at Woking County Grammar School for Girls, Somerville College, Oxford and Street Antony"s College, Oxford.
She was educated at Woking County Grammar School for Girls, Somerville College, Oxford and Street Antony"s College, Oxford.
Her most recent posting was as Her Majesty"s Ambassador to the Republic of the Sudan, on 30 April 2007, succeeding Ian Cliff. She was European Union Special Representative to Sudan from 2010 to 2011. Dame Rosalind is a Patron of the charity Kids for Kids, helping children in Darfur, Sudan.
1974, Assistant Desk Officer at the Near East and North Africa Department 1976-1980, Tokyo, the Second Secretary, Chancery (later promoted to First Secretary) 1980-1983, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, policy planner 1983-1985, European Community Department (Internal) Head of Section 1985-1988, British Embassy, Bonn 1989-1991, Deputy Head, Hong Kong Department 1991-1993, National Westminster Bank (Secondment) 1993-1996, Tokyo, Political Counsellor 1996-1999, Head, United Nations Department 1999-2003, Director, Asia-Pacific 2003-2006, Kabul, Afghanistan as Her Majesty"s Ambassador 2006-2007, Basra, Iraq as British Consul-General In Kabul, she was a prominent supporter of the Afghan Woman"s Hour, a women"s radio programme for the British Broadcasting Corporation World Service Trust, to be broadcast on World Service Radio.
