Press release
Change of His Majesty’s Ambassador to Denmark: Joëlle Jenny
Ms Joëlle Jenny has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark in succession to Ms Emma Hopkins OBE
Ms Joëlle Jenny has been appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark in succession to Ms Emma Hopkins OBE who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment. Ms Jenny will take up her appointment during October 2024.
Curriculum vitae
Full name: Joëlle Elisabeth Selma Jenny
| 2021 to 2024 | FCDO, Director, South East Asia & Pacific – UK Special Envoy for Myanmar | |
| 2018 to 2021 | Cabinet Office, National Security Secretariat, Director, Joint Funds Unit | |
| 2016 to 2018 | Boston, Fellow and Associate, Harvard, Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs | |
| 2012 to 2016 | Brussels, European External Action Service, Director, Security Policy and Conflict Prevention | |
| 2011 to 2012 | Brussels, European External Action Service, Head of Division, Conflict Prevention, Peace-building and Mediation | |
| 2008 to 2011 | DFID, Deputy Head, Conflict, Security and Humanitarian Affairs Department | |
| 2007 to 2008 | DFID, Deputy Head of Profession for Governance, Conflict and Humanitarian | |
| 2006 to 2007 | New York, UK Mission to the UN, First Secretary (Conflict) | |
| 2004 to 2006 | DFID, Conflict Advisor, Middle East and North Africa Department | |
| 2000 to 2004 | Bern/New York, Diplomat, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs | |
| 1999 to 2000 | Brussels, NATO, Office of the Special Advisor to the Secretary General, Research Analyst | |
| 1994 to 1999 | International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), (postings: Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, Cambodia, North Macedonia) |