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

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 11 October 2024

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)

Published 11 October 2024