Dr Rosemary Pratt

Biography

Rosemary Pratt has been the Director for Export Control and Sanctions since February 2023. Her directorate includes the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) and the sanctions policy team.

Rosemary started her career in the Department for Education (DfE), leading work on school standards, children’s social care and corporate strategy. With a focus on child safeguarding, she became involved in the Prevent programme and then moved to senior leadership in counter terrorism at the Home Office.

Rosemary is strongly committed to inclusive leadership in the Civil Service and is the Senior Civil Service Champion for the Civil Service Neurodiversity Network.

She has a degree in German and philosophy from St Peter’s College, Oxford and a PhD in German from University College London.