ARTIST & AMBASSADOR
A life of service.
A lifelong love of art.
Ambassador Sharon Saunders is a Jamaican artist and career diplomat, bringing a lifelong passion for art to a career representing Jamaica around the world.
Since 2024, she has served as Dean of the Jamaican Foreign Service Institute in Kingston, the training and development arm of Jamaica’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.
Her diplomatic career has included service as Jamaica’s Ambassador to Mexico, High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago with additional Caribbean accreditations, Deputy High Commissioner in London, and Minister-Counsellor at Jamaica’s Embassy in Brussels and its Permanent Mission to the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group and the European Union.
She has also served as Under-Secretary responsible for Diaspora, Protocol and Consular Affairs. She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of the West Indies, complemented by specialised training in diplomacy.
