Karen-Mae Hill | |
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High Commissioner of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Kingdom | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Antigua and Barbuda to the Republic of Estonia | |
Assumed office November 2015 | |
Prime Minister | Gaston Browne |
Personal details | |
Education | University of Oxford,University of Leicester |
Karen-Mae Hill, OBE is the High Commissioner for Antigua and Barbuda to the United Kingdom and member of the Commonwealth's Board of Governors. [1] [2] [3] [4] Hill is also the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Antigua and Barbuda to the Republic of Estonia, [1] Non-resident Ambassador to Ireland,the Federal Republic of Germany and Lithuania. [5]
She won a scholarships to study French and law at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom before becoming the first Antiguan to win a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford. [2] Hill is a qualified Barrister in English law. She is the founder of the Antigua and Barbuda Youth Symphony Orchestra, [3] co-founder and music director at the Potters Youth Group and an advocate for green technology. [1]
Hill received a Bachelor of Law with French Law and Language (LLB) degree from the University of Leicester,UK. She received a MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Oxford,England. [1]
After receiving her degrees,Hill served as a lawyer in England,Wales,and the Eastern Caribbean. [2] She also worked in banking in Antigua. [2]
Hill was appointed High Commissioner in November 2015. [1] As High Commissioner,she signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters in 2018, [6] making Antigua and Barbuda the 125th jurisdiction to do so. [7] Also in 2018,Hill met with officials from the Home Office's Windrush Task Force. [8]
In 2021,Hill signed the Joint Communiquéthat established of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and Antigua and Barbuda. [9] [10]
In 2022,Hill was appointed as Ordinary Officer of the Civil Division of the Order of the British Empire,OBE for services to Youth and Community Development. [11] Also in 2022,Hill visited Jersey in the Channel Islands to visit catering venues that have hired Caribbean workers to fill labour shortages. [12]
In 2023,Hillwas elected President of Administration and Budget Committee at 173rd Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) General Assembly in Paris. [13] [14]