Dame Rosalind Marsden is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House, where she advises on the Sudan and South Sudan programme. She was previously the British Ambassador to Sudan (2007-10) and the EU Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan (2010-13). Rosalind's diplomatic career also included postings as Head of the UN Department and later Director (Asia-Pacific) in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, British Consul-General in Basra and British Ambassador to Afghanistan.