British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark
British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark Joëlle Jenny
Biography
Ms Joëlle Jenny was appointed His Majesty’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark in succession to Ms Emma Hopkins OBE in 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) |
British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark
The Ambassador represents His Majesty The King and the UK government in the country to which they are appointed. They are responsible for the direction and work of the Embassy and its Consulates, including political work, trade and investment, press and cultural relations and consular services.