Mary Thurston
Mary Patricia Thurston is a career diplomat with the country of New Zealand. As of 2017 she was New Zealand's Ambassador to Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Georgia. Thurston attended Oxford University where she studied English and French for a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree. She speaks French, Spanish and Solomon Islands Pijin. Thurston was previously Deputy High Commissioner at the New Zealand High Commission Singapore and Deputy Special Coordinator of the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI).