Dame Rosalind Marsden

Associate Fellow, Africa Programme

Biography

Dame Rosalind Marsden was the EU Special Representative for Sudan from September 2010 until October 2013.

Before joining the EU, she had a long career in the British diplomatic service, including postings as Consul-General in Basra, British Ambassador to Sudan and British Ambassador to Afghanistan.


She has also served as Head of the United Nations Department and Director (Asia-Pacific) in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.

Earlier in her career she served twice in the British Embassy in Tokyo and spent two years on secondment to the private sector, working in the corporate finance department of an investment bank.

She received her BA in Modern History from Somerville College, Oxford and her D.Phil from St Antony’s College, Oxford.

Past experience

2010-2013 EU Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan
2007-2010 British Ambassador, Sudan

2006-2007

British Consul-General, Basra

2003-2007

British Ambassador, Afghanistan