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Mrs Kirsty Isobel Hayes has been posted as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic since August 2014. She succeeded Mrs Jill Gallard who has transferred to another Diplomatic
Service appointment.
Mrs Hayes joined the FCO in 1999. Her most recent post was as Head of the FCO’s International Organisation Department, where she was responsible for policy on the United Nations, the
Commonwealth, OSCE, war crimes and sanctions, and was the UK’s lead negotiator at the 2013 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. She has had postings in Washington and Hong Kong, as well
as spending three years in Sri Lanka accompanying her husband who was then British High Commissioner. Whilst in London she has worked on areas including the European Union, the environment,
human resources and communications.
On her appointment as Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic, Mrs Hayes has said: