{{Short description|New Master of Selwyn College Cambridge}} {{Infobox person | name = Suzanne Raine | birth_name = Suzanne Elizabeth Nicholas | birth_date = August 1970 | birth_place = Germany<ref>{{Cite web|title=RUSI Trustee Biography|url=https://www.rusi.org/people/raine|website=Royal United Services Institute|language=EN}}</ref> | education = Peterhouse, Cambridge University (BA in History) (MA in History)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Biography|url=https://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/network/suzanne-raine/|website=Cambridge Centre For Science and Policy|language=EN}}</ref> | occupation = Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge | predecessor = Roger Mosey | spouse = John Raine<ref>{{Cite web|title=Master of Selwyn College|url=https://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/current-members/master-and-fellows/master|website=Selwyn College|language=EN}}</ref> }}
'''Suzanne Elizabeth Raine''' (born 1970) is an academic who was elected Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge on October 1st 2025, succeeding the previous Master Roger Mosey.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Next Master {{!}} Selwyn College|url=https://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/news/next-master|website=www.sel.cam.ac.uk|access-date=2025-12-02}}</ref> She was previously a civil servant at the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, specialising in foreign policy, national security, and terrorism. Raine also works as an affiliated lecturer at the Cambridge Centre for Geopolitics<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=The Centre’s 2023 Annual Report - Centre for Geopolitics|url=https://www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/news/the-centres-annual-report-2023/|website=Centre for Geopolitics -|date=2024-01-01|access-date=2025-12-02|language=EN}}</ref> and a visiting professor at King's College London<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Suzanne Raine|url=https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/suzanne-raine|website=King's College London|date=2024-11-04|access-date=2025-12-02|language=en|first=King's College|last=London}}</ref>, as well as serving as Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Imperial War Museums<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=Current Trustees|url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/corporate/trustees/current-trustees|website=Imperial War Museums|access-date=2025-12-02|language=en}}</ref> and Trustee of the Royal United Services Institute<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Suzanne Raine|url=https://www.rusi.org/people/raine|website=www.rusi.org|access-date=2025-12-02|language=en}}</ref> and International Bomber Command Centre.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|title=Discover More About The IBCC Project.|url=https://internationalbcc.co.uk/about-ibcc/how-it-all-began/|website=International Bomber Command Centre|access-date=2025-12-02|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Raine was born in August 1970 in Germany.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|title=Suzanne Elizabeth RAINE personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/8bf800opzVx2f2Yc8wDrOfYUj9Q/appointments|website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk|access-date=2025-12-02|language=en}}</ref>
Raine read History at Peterhouse College, of the University of Cambridge, specialising in German history. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1991, achieving a Double First,<ref name=":2" /> and later achieved a Master of Arts in History from the University of Cambridge.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Suzanne Raine|url=https://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/network/suzanne-raine/|website=Centre for Science and Policy|access-date=2025-12-02|language=en-GB}}</ref> Raine also studied at Cambridge between 1992-1995 for a PhD but did not submit it due to joining the British Foreign Office.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Selwyn College Calendar 2024-2025 {{!}} Selwyn College|url=https://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/node/5817|website=www.sel.cam.ac.uk|access-date=2025-12-02}}</ref>
Whilst working overseas as a civil servant in the British Foreign Office, Raine became a student at the National University of Modern Languages in Islamabad, and the University of Nizwa in Oman.<ref name=":0" />
== Career == Raine joined the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1995<ref name=":0" /> and worked both at home and overseas until 2019 as a civil servant for the department, focusing on foreign policy and national security.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Suzanne Raine|url=https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/suzanne-raine/|website=Expert Keynote and Motivational Speakers {{!}} Chartwell Speakers|access-date=2025-12-02|language=en-US}}</ref> Overseas, Raine took up posts in countries such as Poland, Iraq (2003) and Pakistan (2006-9).<ref name=":2" /> During her posting in Pakistan, Raine ran a research project for the British High Commission in Islamabad, presenting her findings to both the Foreign Office and Home Office.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Imperial War Museum Trustees: Desmond Bowen and Suzanne Nicholas |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/imperial-war-museum-trustees-desmond-bowen-and-suzanne-nicholas |access-date=2025-12-06 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref> Prior to her posting in Pakistan, Raine spent time working in Jerusalem as Associate Producer of ''Israel and the Arabs - Elusive Peace'' (2005), a 3-part BBC TV series documenting the events of the Arab-Israeli peace process between 1998-2005.''<ref name=":9" />''<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0815183/fullcredits/ |title=Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace (TV Series 2005) - Full cast & crew - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=2025-12-10 |via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>
Domestically, Raine led teams responsible for delivering national security objectives (2009-2012), including in preparation for the 2012 London Olympic Games.<ref name=":9" /> Raine held a number of senior appointments including Head of Counter Terrorism policy,<ref name=":9" /> Head of the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (2015-2017),<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Selwyn elects new master|url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/29189|website=Varsity Online|access-date=2025-12-02|language=en}}</ref> and Director of Counter-Terrorism (2017-19).<ref name=":1" /> She was also a senior member of the UK government's assessment community.<ref name=":3" />
Since leaving the Foreign Office in 2019, Raine has taken up a number of positions in academia, charities, and think tanks. She is a visiting professor in the Department of War Studies at King's College London<ref name=":5" /> and affiliate lecturer and lead on Political/Policy Placement at the Cambridge Centre for Geopolitics.<ref name=":4" />
Raine serves as Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Imperial War Museum<ref name=":6" />, having originally been appointed Trustee by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson (1 January 2018),<ref name=":9" /> as well as Trustee of the Royal United Services Institute,<ref name=":2" /> and Trustee of the International Bomber Command Centre (2023-).<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /> She was previously a trustee of Stop the Traffik (2020-2023).<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":8" />
Raine was elected Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge on October 1st 2025, replacing the previous master Roger Mosey, and becoming the first female Master in the history of the college. Her installation ceremony took place in the Selwyn College Chapel on October 2nd 2025 and was presided over by then Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Suzanne installed as Master {{!}} Selwyn College|url=https://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/news/suzanne-installed-master|website=www.sel.cam.ac.uk|access-date=2025-12-02}}</ref>
== Personal life == Raine is married to senior British diplomat and intelligence advisor John Raine OBE.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Master {{!}} Selwyn College|url=https://www.sel.cam.ac.uk/current-members/master-and-fellows/master|website=www.sel.cam.ac.uk|access-date=2025-12-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=John Raine CMG OBE|url=https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/john-raine-cmg-obe/|website=Expert Keynote and Motivational Speakers {{!}} Chartwell Speakers|access-date=2025-12-02|language=en-US}}</ref>
== External links ==
* ''[https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0glcjx7/israel-and-the-arabs-elusive-peace Israel and the Arabs - Elusive Peace]'' at bbc.co.uk
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