Press release
Change of Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Montenegro in August 2020
Ms Karen Maddocks has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to Montenegro in succession to Ms Alison Kemp.
Ms Karen Maddocks has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Montenegro in succession to Ms Alison Kemp. Ms Maddocks will take up her appointment in August 2020.
Curriculum vitae
Full name: Karen Louise Maddocks
| 2017 to 2019 | Guangzhou, Consul General |
| 2016 to 2017 | Guangzhou, Deputy Consul General |
| 2013 to 2016 | Beijing, First Secretary and Head of Science and Innovation Network |
| 2012 to 2013 | Full-time Language Training (Mandarin) |
| 2009 to 2012 | FCO, Deputy Head of Burma and ASEAN Team |
| 2006 to 2009 | Hanoi, Political Officer |
| 2002 to 2006 | Roles including FCO Desk Officer for Korea and Mongolia, Pitcairn/British Indian Ocean Territory, and Wellington, Political Officer |
| 1998 to 2002 | Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO), Teacher Trainer, Anhui Province/ Programme and Recruitment Officer, London |
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