Biography - Diedrah Kelly

Diedrah Kelly (BA Hons [Political Science and Central, Eastern European and Russian Area Studies], Carleton University, 2001), joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 2001. In Ottawa, she has worked as head of the Policy and Programming Unit in the Threat Assessment and Intelligence Services Division, as senior nuclear adviser and program manager in the Global Partnership Program and as chief of staff to the assistant deputy minister for international security and global affairs. She has served abroad in various positions, including, from 2004 to 2007, consul and political counsellor at the Embassy to Bosnia and Herzegovina and, from 2007 to 2010, as head of the embassy office in Astana, Kazakhstan. From 2011 to 2014, she was the political counsellor at the High Commission in Ghana. From 2018 to 2021, she was the ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Jakarta, Indonesia. From January 2022 until November 2023, she was the Consul General of Canada in Mumbai, India.

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