Fionna Gibb joined the FCO in 1990 and has held a number of positions in London and overseas. She has worked in Berlin, Kyiv, Mogadishu, Basra - where she was Deputy Consul-General from 2008-2009 - and Sana’a, where she was Deputy Head of Mission from 2010-2012 and as Deputy Head of the Projects Task Force in London, covering a range of political, security and cultural issues.. Her most recent appointment was as Her Majesty’s Ambassador in Belarus.

She is vegetarian, likes art, horse riding and open-air fitness and it’s her first experience writing a blog.