Her Excellency Winnie Anna Kiap CBE
Her Excellency Winnie Anna Kiap CBE is the Chair of the Commonwealth Foundation as of 1 January 2025. She was appointed by Commonwealth Heads of Government in December 2024.
Her Excellency Winnie Kiap brings extensive leadership and governance experience to the role. She served as Papua New Guinea’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2011 to 2022, where she also represented Papua New Guinea at the International Maritime Organization and Chaired the Commonwealth Secretariat Board of Governors.
Before her appointment as High Commissioner, she was Papua New Guinea’s longest-serving and first woman Cabinet Secretary and worked in consultancy roles for Non-Governmental Organisations promoting gender-inclusion.