Kate Airey;
Kate Airey was appointed as the British High Commissioner to Uganda at the end of 2019, and started in November 2020.
Kate joined the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in 2005, where her career has focused on Africa, including roles in London as Africa Energy Adviser, Lead on Strategy, and Lead on Prosperity (2005-2014). She has held postings overseas in Abuja, Nigeria (2007-2010), Freetown, Sierra Leone (2014) and most recently in Windhoek, Namibia (2017- 2020) where she was British High Commissioner.
Kate also led the 2014/2015 Ebola crisis both in Freetown as Deputy Head of the UK response and in London as Head of the FCDO Ebola Task Force, coordinating the UK end of the Foreign Policy response. Before moving onto Namibia, Kate was Head of the Nigeria Whitehall Unit (2015-2017).
Kate started her career at Oxfam, followed by 6 years at Shell International working across Africa and Europe. Kate is married to Duncan Low and has two children.
