Frances Guy

Frances Guy speaking at the Queen's Birthday party in Beirut, 10 June 2008 (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

Frances Mary Guy (born 1 February 1959) is a British former ambassador. Since 2012, she has been the UN Women's representative in Iraq. Previously, she was the British Ambassador to the Yemeni Republic from 2001 to 2004, and British Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon from 2006 to 2011.

Early life

Guy was born on 1 February 1959 to David Guy and Elizabeth Guy (née Hendry).^[1] She was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh. She studied international relations at Aberdeen University, graduating with an undergraduate Master of Arts (MA Hons) degree. She then studied at the Bologna Center of Johns Hopkins University, graduating with a diploma, and Carleton University, Ottawa, graduating with a postgraduate Master of Arts (MA) degree in international relations.^[1]

Career

Guy joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1985 and served at Khartoum, Bangkok and Addis Ababa as well as at the FCO. She was Ambassador to Yemen 2001–04, head of the FCO's Engaging the Islamic World group 2004–06, and Ambassador to Lebanon 2006–11. She was adviser on the Middle East to the Foreign Secretary 2011–12, including a role as the Foreign Secretary's envoy to the Syrian opposition.^[2] Since 2012 she has been the representative for UN Women in Iraq.^[3]

Frances Guy is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow in the Middle East & Mediterranean Studies Programme at King's College London^[4] and is a trustee of the Alexandria Trust for education in the Arab region.^[5]

References

• GUY, Frances Mary, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013