Sarah Gillett CMG CVO
British Ambassador to Norway
In office July 2014 – 2018
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	Jane Owen
Succeeded by	Richard Wood
British Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein
In office 2009–2013
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Preceded by	John Nichols
Succeeded by	David Moran
Personal details
Born	(1956-07-21) July 21, 1956
Alma mater	University of Aberdeen

Sarah Gillett CMG CVO (born 21 July 1956) is a British former diplomat who was British Ambassador to Norway from July 2014 to 2018. She previously served as Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein from 2009 to 2013.

Early life

Gillett is the daughter of diplomat Sir Michael Gillett.

She was educated at St Antony's School, near Sherborne, Dorset (now Leweston School), and Aberdeen University.^[1]

Career

She joined the Diplomatic Service in 1976 and served at Washington, D.C., Paris, Los Angeles, Brasilia, Montreal and at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). She was Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps and Director of Protocol at the FCO 2006–09, and Ambassador to Switzerland and concurrently to Liechtenstein 2009–13.^[1] She was Ambassador to Norway from August 2014^[2] to summer 2018.^[3]

Honours

Gillett was appointed MVO in 1986,^[4] CMG in the 2009 Birthday Honours^[5] and raised to CVO in December 2009 at the end of her appointment as Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.^[6]

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