| Honorific-Prefix: | Her Excellency |
| Judith Gough | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | CMG |
| Office: | British Ambassador to Sweden |
| Term Start: | August 2019 |
| Term End: | July 2024 |
| Predecessor: | David Cairns |
| Primeminister: | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer |
| Office1: | British Ambassador to Ukraine |
| Term Start1: | September 2015 |
| Term End1: | August 2019 |
| Predecessor1: | Simon Smith |
| Successor1: | Melinda Simmons |
| Monarch1: | Elizabeth II |
| Primeminister1: | David Cameron Theresa May Boris Johnson |
| Office2: | British Ambassador to Georgia |
| Term Start2: | September 2010 |
| Term End2: | January 2013 |
| Predecessor2: | Denis Keefe |
| Successor2: | David Moran |
| Monarch2: | Elizabeth II |
| Primeminister2: | David Cameron |
| Birth Date: | 8 November 1972 |
| Children: | 2 |
| Alma Mater: | University of Nottingham King's College London |
Judith Mary Gough CMG (born 8 November 1972) is a British diplomat and the current Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Sweden.[1]
Gough was educated at the University of Nottingham (BA in German and Russian, 1995) and at King's College London (MA in War in the Modern World, 2012).[2] She then worked as a Consultant in emerging markets and financial services at Ernst and Young.[1]
Gough joined the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 2001.[1] Gough then served at the British embassy in South Korea.[1] Starting from mid-September 2010 she was the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Georgia, and served as such till she was released of her post early 2013.[1] [3]
She then became FCO's Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.[1]
In September 2015, Gough was appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Ukraine.[1]
In June 2019, Gough was appointed Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Sweden. She took up her appointment in August.[4]
Gough is openly lesbian and raises two children with her partner, Julia Kleiousi.[5]