Karen-Mae Hill Explained
Karen-Mae Hill, 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.
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. Hill is a qualified Barrister in English law. She is the founder of the Antigua and Barbuda Youth Symphony Orchestra, co-founder and music director at the Potters Youth Group and an advocate for green technology.
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.
Career
After receiving her degrees, Hill served as a lawyer in England, Wales, and the Eastern Caribbean. She also worked in banking in Antigua.
Hill was appointed High Commissioner in November 2015. As High Commissioner, she signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters in 2018,[5] making Antigua and Barbuda the 125th jurisdiction to do so.[6]
In 2021, she signed the Joint Communiqué that established of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Kyrgyzstan and Antigua and Barbuda.[7] [8]
See also
References
- Web site: High Commissioner of Antigua and Barbuda to the Court of St. James's . 1 April 2022 . Antigua and Barbuda High Commission . 25 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220125045827/https://antigua-barbuda.com/high-commissioner . live .
- News: Her Excellency Ms Karen-Mae Hill . 13 October 2020 . Diplomat Magazine . 20 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210620062604/https://diplomatmagazine.com/heads-of-mission/north-america/antigua-and-barbuda/ . live .
- Web site: Mark. Webinar: High Commissioner for Antigua and Barbuda HE Karen-Mae Hill. 2021-01-04. Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL). en-gb. 2020-10-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20201020110712/https://www.rosl.org.uk/rosl_news/1126-webinar-high-commissioner-for-antigua-and-barbuda-he-karen-mae-hill. live.
- Web site: influencing-policy-in-antigua-barbuda Public PolicySouthampton University of Southampton. 2021-01-04. www.southampton.ac.uk. 2021-01-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20210107121849/https://www.southampton.ac.uk/publicpolicy/support-for-policymakers/blogs/evidence-to-policy-blog/influencing-policy-in-antigua-barbuda.page. live.
- News: Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters . OECD . 2022-04-01 . 2022-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220401125651/https://www.oecd.org/tax/exchange-of-tax-information/convention-on-mutual-administrative-assistance-in-tax-matters.htm . live .
- Web site: Antigua and Barbuda becomes the 125th jurisdiction to join the most powerful multilateral instrument against offshore tax evasion and avoidance - OCDE . 2022-04-01 . www.oecd.org . 2022-09-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220928122356/https://www.oecd.org/fr/fiscalite/echange-de-renseignements-fiscaux/antigua-and-barbuda-becomes-the-125th-jurisdiction-to-join-the-most-powerful-multilateral-instrument-against-offshore-tax-evasion-and-avoidance.htm . live .
- Web site: Embassy of the Kyrgyz Republic in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland . 2022-04-01 . mfa.gov.kg . en . 2024-04-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240428134850/https://mfa.gov.kg/en/dm/ub/menyu---inostrannoe/zhanylyktar/londondo-antigua-zhana-barbuda-menen-kyrgyz-respublikasynyn-ortosunda-diplomatikalyk-baylanysh-ornotuu-boyuncha-kelishimge-kol-koyuldu . live .
- Web site: Kyrgyzstan establishes diplomatic relations with Antigua and Barbuda . 2024-01-21 . . en . 2024-04-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240428135020/https://en.kabar.kg/news/kyrgyzstan-establishes-diplomatic-relations-with-antigua-and-barbuda/ . live .
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