Sian MacLeod

Sian MacLeod

Former UK Ambassador to Serbia

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28th September 2015

Sian MacLeod

by Sian MacLeod

Former UK Ambassador to Serbia

Postcard from Warsaw: A Very Human Dimension

Since I first saw a local Polish emigre folk dance group as a child, Poland has held great sense of romance for me.  More recently, cycling and skiing along mountain border paths through fairy tale forests added to the magic.  Warsaw though has always been for me a city of buildings. Buildings stretching along broad avenues as […]

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15th September 2015

Sian MacLeod

by Sian MacLeod

Former UK Ambassador to Serbia

Everyday Democracy

15 September is the International Day of Democracy. Democracy is of course too important to think about only once a year – everyone should have a fair say in how their lives are governed. But for anyone who has grown up in an established democracy, it is easy to take for granted the right to […]

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9th September 2015

Sian MacLeod

by Sian MacLeod

Former UK Ambassador to Serbia

A Clear Head and Sense of Perspective

In August I arrived in a new country, new city, new home and new job. For diplomats moving is familiar but still brings upheaval. I remember my trepidation over 25 years ago at Helsinki station waiting for the train to Moscow and the start of my diplomatic career. I had little idea of the world […]

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About Sian MacLeod

Sian Macleod was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia in September 2019. Prior to this, Sian was Ambassador and Head of the UK Delegation to the Organization…

Sian Macleod was appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia in September 2019. Prior to this, Sian was Ambassador and Head of the UK Delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Sian joined the FCO in 1986. Her first posting was to Moscow. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, she served briefly in the Embassy in Vilnius. Since then she has been posted to The Hague, returned to Moscow 2004-7, where she became Minister (Deputy Head of Mission). Between overseas postings she has worked in the FCO and the Cabinet Office.

Sian was Ambassador in Prague from 2009 to 2013 and then Director of the British Council Triennial Review and FCO Additional Director for the Eastern European & Central Asian Directorate.

Sian is married to Richard Robinson and they have three children and enjoy music, cycling and cross-country skiing.

Before joining the FCO she studied music at the Winchester School of Art and the Royal Academy of Music.