Ingrid Southworth
Biography
Ingrid Southworth is Chargée d’Affaires at the UK Joint Delegation to NATO.
Ingrid joined the Civil Service in 2002 and has worked in national security and international policy roles in the Cabinet Office, FCDO and Home Office. Most recently, Ingrid was Director of International Affairs in the Cabinet Office (2021-2023). Ingrid served as British Deputy High Commissioner to Australia from 2017-2020 and prior to that in a number of roles in the Home Office including on organised crime and counter-terrorism.
Her first jobs in the Civil Service were in the Cabinet Office on digital policy issues and as Private Secretary to the Permanent Secretary for Government Communication. She worked in the FCO from 2006-2009 on European issues. Before joining the Civil Service, Ingrid worked for Moreover Technologies and for Associated Press in Rome.
Ingrid studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University and International Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Italy. Ingrid is married and has two children.
Chargée d'Affaires - UK Permanent Representative to NATO
The Ambassador’s role is to represent the UK within an international organisation, engaging with every other country or organisation that belongs to or observes the body. The Ambassador is also responsible for the direction and work of the Mission. Ambassadors to multilateral missions are often referred to as ‘Permanent Representatives’.