Saroja Sirisena
Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
About Speaker
Her Excellency Saroja Sirisena was appointed Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in March 2020. Immediately prior to this, she served as the Ambassador to Austria with concurrent accreditation to the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina and the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations & International Organisations in Vienna.
Her posts in Sri Lanka include Director General of Public Communications & Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director General of Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director General for External Relations of the Ministry of Economic Development, Director of South Asia and Director Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Her overseas posts include Consul General of Sri Lanka in Mumbai, Minister of Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka to the United Nations Office, Minister Counsellor of the Sri Lanka Embassy in Brussels, First Secretary of Sri Lanka Embassy in Paris and in Sri Lanka’s Permanent Mission to UNESCO.