Anna Louise Clunes is a British
diplomat
A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state (polity), state, International organization, intergovernmental, or Non-governmental organization, nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one ...
, who has served as the
British Ambassador to Poland since September 2020.
Clunes was appointed a
Companion of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George
The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince of Wales (the future King George IV), while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III ...
in October 2020 for "services to British foreign policy".
Education
Anna Clunes attended the University of Cambridge from 1991 to 1994, receiving an M.A. in Mathematics.
Career
Two years after graduating, in 1996, and up until 2000, Clunes served as Second Secretary in the Department for International Development in Warsaw.
For the next three years, from 2000 to 2003, Clunes served as First Secretary of Counter-Terrorism at the UK Mission to the United Nations. Clunes continued to work almost exclusively in foreign diplomacy for the United Kingdom until 2010, when she was appointed Head of Communications and Engagement at the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is the ministry of foreign affairs and a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, ministerial department of the government of the United Kingdom.
The office was created on 2 ...
, which she continued to work at until 2017, by which time she'd already been appointed Director of Protocol, serving from 2012 to 2015, and Director of Economic Diplomacy, serving from 2015 to 2017.
In 2017, as part of the United Kingdom's
Brexit
Brexit (, a portmanteau of "Britain" and "Exit") was the Withdrawal from the European Union, withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU).
Brexit officially took place at 23:00 GMT on 31 January 2020 (00:00 1 February ...
efforts, Clunes served as Director on the
Department for Exiting the European Union
The Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU; also known as the Department for Brexit or Brexit Department) was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for overseeing negotiations relating to Brexit, and establi ...
.
She served in this position until 2020. During her time as Director, Clunes emphasized the importance of maintaining relations with the European Union, trade and otherwise, "from counteracting climate change to international security".
References
Living people
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Poland
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Year of birth missing (living people)
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