Director General, Europe (interim)

Dame Deborah Bronnert DCMG

Biography

Dame Deborah Bronnert DCMG is Director General Europe (interim) at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

Deborah was the British Ambassador to the Russian Federation from January 2020 to October 2023 and left the Russian Federation on 1 November 2023.

Biography

2020 to 2023 Russian Federation, HM Ambassador
2016 to 2019 FCO, Director-General Economic and Consular and then Director-General Economic and Global Issues
2014 to 2016 FCO, Chief Operating Officer
2011 to 2014 Harare, Her Majesty’s Ambassador
2008 to 2011 FCO, Director, Prosperity & G8 Foreign Affairs Sous-Sherpa
2006 to 2008 FCO, Head of Department, Europe Directorate
2005 to 2006 School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, University of London
2002 to 2005 Moscow, Economic and Trade Counsellor
1999 to 2001 FCO, Deputy Head, Southern European Department
1995 to 1999 European Commission, Cabinet of Commissioner Kinnock
2015 to 2019 Trustee of the British Council

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Director General, Europe (interim)

The Director General is responsible for the delivery of UK policy on the:

  • UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement and the Trade and Cooperation Agreement
  • Northern Ireland Protocol and Gibraltar negotiations
  • UK’s bilateral relationships with European countries, including the Eastern Mediterranean and Balkans

As a board member, the Director General also gives corporate leadership to the FCDO by ensuring that the department meets the international policy priorities, Public Service Agreements targets and service delivery targets set by ministers.

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office