Caroline Jaine
Senior Media and Public Policy Adviser
Caroline Jaine’s background is in media strategy and training. As a member of the British Diplomatic Service and Director of her own communications consultancy, Caroline has lived in and visited some of the worlds more challenging places. She has served as Head of Press & Public Affairs at the British Embassy Office in Iraq; Vice-Consul in Sri Lanka; Ministerial Speech Writer in London, and most recently as Head of Communications & Outreach for Pakistan. Caroline has designed and delivered training to senior UN spokespeople in New York, British High Commission staff in Islamabad and Ministry of Human Rights Officials in Baghdad, and developed strategy for Afghanistan and Somalia.
Alongside a career in international advocacy, Caroline has been a practicing visual artist for over 20 years, exhibiting all over the world. She considers herself a multi-media portrait artist who uses traditional painting as well as online digital media, film, still image and story-telling. Her art practice and research interests include public participation and cohesion through the arts. Her recent work include a cross-faith curatorial piece around Mary/Maryam and a body of work that links her home city of Cambridge with Karachi in Pakistan. Caroline is currently studying a Masters at Cambridge School of Art and continues to lecture in Public & Cultural Diplomacy at London Metropolitan University, writes for Diplomat Magazine and her blogs are regularly featured on the World Bank website.