Sarah Gillett (born 21 July 1956) is a British former diplomat who was British Ambassador to Norway from July 2014 to 2018. She previously served as Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein from 2009 to 2013.

Early life

Gillett is the daughter of diplomat Sir Michael Gillett. She was educated at St Antony's School, near Sherborne, Dorset (now Leweston School), and

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Career

She joined the

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in 1976 and served at

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, Brasilia,

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and at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). She was Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps and Director of Protocol at the FCO 2006–09, and

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to Switzerland and concurrently to

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2009–13.GILLETT, Sarah
''Who's Who 2014'', A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013 She was Ambassador to

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

from August 2014 to summer 2018.

Honours

Gillett was appointed MVO in 1986, CMG in the

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and raised to CVO in December 2009 at the end of her appointment as Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.

References

1956 births Living people British women ambassadors People educated at Leweston School Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Members of HM Diplomatic Service Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Switzerland Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Liechtenstein Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Norway Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order 20th-century British diplomats {{UK-diplomat-stub