Ann Derwin

{{Multiple issues|

}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Irish Ambassador Ann Derwin.jpg

| office = Irish ambassador to the Netherlands

| term_start = 2024

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Kilmacud, Dublin, Ireland

| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|

University College Dublin {{Small|(BVetMed)}}
Imperial College London
Queen's University Belfast {{Small|(PhD)}}

}}

Ann Derwin is Ireland's ambassador to the Netherlands.

Education

Originally from Kilmacud in Dublin, Derwin graduated from University College Dublin (UCD) with a bachelor's degree in veterinary medicine in 1986.{{Cite web |title=In Profile: Ann Derwin - UCD School of Veterinary Medicine |url=https://www.ucd.ie/vetmed/about/alumni/alumninewsletter-november2018/inprofileannderwin/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=www.ucd.ie}} She also holds a master's degree in agricultural economics from Imperial College London (2005) and a doctorate in governance from Queen's University Belfast (2010).{{Cite web |title=Dr Ann Derwin Ireland's ambassador to China - QUB |url=https://daro.qub.ac.uk/Dr-Ann-Derwin-Irelands-ambassador-to-China |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=daro.qub.ac.uk}}

Career

After graduating from UCD, Derwin worked in mixed veterinary practice in Wales before setting up her own small animal practice in County Sligo in Ireland. She joined the Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine as a veterinary inspector in 1992, and worked in County Donegal for six years.{{Cite news |title=Next ambassador to China takes up role at critical time for Ireland |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/next-ambassador-to-china-takes-up-role-at-critical-time-for-ireland-1.4291949 |access-date=2022-09-06 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}

She was appointed assistant secretary at the department in 2016, with responsibility for corporate affairs including human resource management, finance, and the minister's office. She was the first woman to serve on the management board of the department.{{Cite web |title=Derwin bound for Beijing |url=https://www.farmersjournal.ie/derwin-bound-for-beijing-556626 |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=www.farmersjournal.ie |language=en}}

Derwin was the winner of the UCD Alumni Award in Agriculture and Veterinary Science in 2018.

In January 2021, she became the ambassador of Ireland to China with accreditation to Mongolia, having been nominated for this post in July 2020.{{Cite web |title=ICAOI - The Irish Ambassador to China, Dr. Ann Derwin, visited the booth of ICAOI at China International Import Expo |url=https://www.icaoi.ie/en/news/the-irish-ambassador-to-china-dr-ann-derwin-visited-the-booth-of-icaoi-at-china-international-import-expo |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=www.icaoi.ie}}{{Cite web |title=The Ambassador - Department of Foreign Affairs |url=https://www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/china/about-us/ambassador/ |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=www.dfa.ie}} She left this post in August 2024 and became Irish ambassador to the Netherlands in September.{{cite web

| title = About INBA

| access-date = 2025-01-08

| website = Ireland Netherlands Business Association

| url = https://www.inba.nl/about/

}}