Alison Jane Rose (born 10 December 1961) is a British former diplomat and the Principal of Newnham College, Cambridge.

[2] Rose was born in Coventry and studied at Barr’s Hill Grammar School.

She read modern history at Newnham College, Cambridge,[2] and was the first in her family to gain a degree.

She joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1999 and developed an EU specialism and worked for the FCO in Paris, London and Brussels.

[4] The issues arising from Brexit during her tenure gave her opinions particular interest in the Belgian media.