Anne Pringle

Dame Anne Pringle
DCMG
Dame Anne Pringle DCMG
	Dame Anne in April 2009
British Ambassador to Russia
	In office; 28 March 2008 – 1 November 2011
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown; David Cameron
Preceded by	Tony Brenton
Succeeded by	Tim Barrow
British Ambassador to the Czech Republic
	In office; 2001–2004
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	David Broucher
Succeeded by	Linda Duffield
Personal details
Born	13 January 1955 (age 69)
Alma mater	University of St Andrews

Dame Anne Fyfe Pringle DCMG (born 13 January 1955) is a British diplomat and the former HM Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Russian Federation. From 2001 to 2004, Pringle was the British ambassador to the Czech Republic.^[1] Pringle presented her Letter of Credence to President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on 16 January 2009.^[2]

Dame Anne was succeeded by Tim Barrow (now Sir Tim Barrow, KCMG) in November 2011.^[3] Already a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG), she was advanced to become a Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (DCMG) in the 2010 New Year Honours.^[4] Pringle received an Honorary Doctorate from Heriot-Watt University in 2010.^[5]

In August 2016, Dame Anne was appointed as Senior Governor on the Court of the University of St Andrews, and as such is the working chairperson of the University Court, and presides over meetings of the Court in the absence of the Rector.^[6]