Karen-Mae Hill
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 |
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| 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]
Education
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]
Career
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 Communiqué that 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]
See also
References
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- ^ a b c d "Her Excellency Ms Karen-Mae Hill". Diplomat Magazine. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ a b Mark. "Webinar: High Commissioner for Antigua and Barbuda HE Karen-Mae Hill". Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL). Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "influencing-policy-in-antigua-barbuda". University of Southampton. Archived from the original on 7 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "List of Embassies and Consulates". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters". OECD. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "Antigua and Barbuda becomes the 125th jurisdiction to join the most powerful multilateral instrument against offshore tax evasion and avoidance". OCDE. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "High Commissioner Hill organises first 'Windrush' Consultation". ABHCUK. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland". mfa.gov.kg. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
- ^ "Kyrgyzstan establishes diplomatic relations with Antigua and Barbuda". Kabar. Archived from the original on 28 April 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Retired Assistant Commissioner Elvis Weaver to receive King's Fire Service Medal". Antigua.News. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "High Commissioner of Antigua and Barbuda visits Jersey". BBC News. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "High Commissioner Karen-Mae Hill Elected President of Administration and Budget Committee at 173rd BIE General Assembly in Paris". Antigua.News. 30 November 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ Singh, Sera-quinn (1 December 2023). "High Commissioner for Antigua and Barbuda appointed as President of BIE Administration and Budget Committee". Antigua Observer Newspaper. Retrieved 9 August 2025.