The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office announced on 4 August 2026 that Rebecca Fabrizi had been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of South Sudan, succeeding David Ashley. The department said she would take up the appointment during October 2026.

According to the published curriculum vitae, Fabrizi has been Deputy Director in the FCDO’s Africa Directorate since 2025, and in 2025 served as Acting British High Commissioner in Lilongwe. From 2022 to 2025 she was Special Envoy for Small Island Developing States and Head of the Caribbean and SIDS Department. Earlier postings include Belgrade as Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul General from 2019 to 2021, Rome as Political Counsellor from 2005 to 2009, and Beijing in commercial and political roles from 1997 to 2002. She joined the FCO in 1994.

The appointment was reported on 4 August 2026 as a planned posting for October 2026; it was not an account of duties already begun.