The Honourable Alice Louise Walpole,, is the Director of Goodenough College, a residential community of international postgraduate students in Bloomsbury, London. As a former British diplomat and United Nations official, she served from 2017 to 2021, as an Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs and Electoral Assistance in the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). Prior to her UN role, she spent over 30 years in the British Diplomatic Service, including appointments as British Ambassador to Luxembourg,Mali and (non-resident) Niger.