Permanent Representative

Mariot Leslie joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1977.  Her overseas postings have included Singapore (1978-81), Bonn (1982-86) and Rome (1998-2001), as well as two years spent on secondment to the French Foreign Ministry in Paris (1990-92).  From 2002-06 she was British Ambassador to Norway.

Her jobs in the UK have included heading the FCO’s Environment, Science and Energy Department from 1992-93, and leading the Policy Planning Staff from 1996-98.  On her return from Norway she became the Foreign Secretary’s Counter-Terrorism Envoy and Director, Defence and Strategic Threats, going on to become Director General, Defence and Intelligence at the FCO in 2007, and a member of the UK's Joint Intelligence Committee.

Mariot Leslie became the UK's Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council in April 2010.

Curriculum Vitae

1977-78 Joined the British Diplomatic Service; spent a year in the Middle East Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London (FCO)

1978-81 British High Commission, Singapore

1982-86 British Embassy, Bonn, as First Secretary with responsibility for the European Communities

1986-87 Policy Planning Staff, FCO

1988-90 Personnel Operations Department, FCO

1990-92 Seconded to the French Foreign Ministry, Quai d’Orsay, Paris

1992-93 Head of Environment, Science and Energy Department, FCO

1993-95 Scottish Office Industry Department, Edinburgh

1996-98 Head of Policy Planning Staff, FCO

1998-2001 Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy, Rome

2002-06 HM Ambassador, British Embassy, Oslo

2006-07 Director, Defence and Strategic Threats and Counter-Terrorism Envoy, FCO

2007-10 Director General Defence and Intelligence, FCO

Born Edinburgh, 1954.  St Hilda’s College, Oxford 1972-75.  Married Andrew Leslie, 1978.  Two daughters, born 1987 and 1990.  CMG, 2005.