Alison Cross

Biography

Alison Cross was Deputy Head of Mission at the British Embassy in Panama City from 2016 to 2022. A career diplomat, Alison joined the Foreign Office in 2009, initially serving as a policy officer covering a range of roles including Gibraltar and the Arab Spring as well corporate work on the global Consular Strategy. Most recently Alison spent 4 years serving in the British Embassy in Jakarta.

Alison is originally from Wales and graduated from the University of St Andrews with a First Class MA in Spanish and Latin American Literature. Alison is passionate about languages and speaks French, Spanish, Bahasa Indonesia and conversational Welsh. She is a keen advocate for the rights and protection of Women and children and from the age of 16 has given her spare time to work on civil society projects in West Africa and Latin America.