HM Trade Commissioner for the Middle East and Pakistan and British Consul General to Dubai

Sarah Mooney

Biography

Sarah Mooney is His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for the Middle East and Pakistan, and British Consul General to Dubai and the Northern Emirates, taking up the role in February 2025.

Prior to taking up this role, Sarah was the British Deputy High Commissioner Karachi; Director of Trade Pakistan; and HM Deputy Trade Commissioner for Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon.

She has served in Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and the Department for Business and Trade (formerly the Department for International Trade) for two decades.

She was previously a Deputy Director in the Department for International Trade, UK in various roles between August 2019 and August 2022. Between 2015 and 2019 she served as Head of Science and Innovation, India, Africa and the Middle East at the British High Commission, New Delhi.

From 2011 to 2015 she held the position of Head of Science and Innovation, Americas at the British Embassy in Washington DC. She has also held the positions of Deputy Consul General and Head of Trade in Istanbul, and Deputy Director Trade USA at the British Consulate General New York.

HM Trade Commissioner for the Middle East and Pakistan

HM Trade Commissioner for the Middle East and Pakistan cooperates closely with the wider diplomatic network and other colleagues to coordinate the government effort overseas to promote UK trade and prosperity.

The Trade Commissioner has full responsibility for all Department for Business and Trade (DBT) work in the region including:

  • growing the overall bilateral trade and investment relationship
  • improving market access for British companies, including small- and medium-sized businesses (SMEs)
  • developing finance and trade policy
  • UK Export Finance

Department for Business and Trade

British Consul General to Dubai

The Consul General is the senior UK official at the British Embassy in Dubai, and leads the government’s work promoting UK economic, commercial, political and consular interests in Dubai and the Northern Emirates.

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office