Patsy Robertson is an international media consultant and a former diplomat with the Government of Jamaica and the Commonwealth Secretariat. Her career in the Commonwealth spanned two decades, and she was Director of Information and Official Spokesperson for the Commonwealth for many years. She has also worked with the United Nations as senior media adviser for the Fourth World Conference on Women and the follow-up conference Beijing+5 in 1990 and with UNICEF on the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children 1991-1992.

Jamaican born, Patsy was educated in Jamaica and New York and has lived in London for over 30 years. Besides her work with the Asha Foundation, she is currently a Trustee of several other charities including Widows Rights International which seeks to promote the human rights of widows in Africa and Asia, the Thomson Foundation which trains journalists in over 40 countries, the Suzy Lamplugh Trust which works on personal safety issues and the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum based in Bristol.