Justin Sosne
Biography
As Head of UK Government Office Raleigh, Justin Sosne currently serves as the British government’s lead on-the-ground political and commercial representative to his home state of North Carolina.
In his role, Justin represents the UK government on North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper’s Taskforce for Offshore Wind Economic Resources Strategies (NC TOWERS). He also serves as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Centre for European Studies, and as a board member for the non-profit Communities in Schools of North Carolina.
Justin previously worked for over six years as vice president and senior director at BowerGroupAsia (BGA), a leading Asia-focused government affairs consulting firm. During his tenure, Justin oversaw talent as a member of the firm’s executive leadership team and advised Fortune 500 companies on strategies to expand their businesses, mitigate political and economic risk, and build partnerships in 25 markets across the Indo-Pacific.
Prior to joining BGA, Justin led diplomatic, policy and programmatic efforts designed to empower women and girls globally, particularly in combating climate change, in the Secretary’s Office of Global Women’s Issues at the U.S. Department of State. While at State, he completed a detail to The Coca-Cola Company, where he advised on the company’s flagship 5by20 women’s empowerment initiative and engaged with senior foreign leaders on the company’s behalf.
Before joining the U.S. government, Justin participated in the Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also conducted research on United Nations peacekeeping at the Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin, Germany.
Justin graduated with a Master of Science in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Consul (Business and Government Affairs) at UK Government Office in Raleigh
The Consul (Business and Government Affairs) at the UK Government Office in Raleigh works to promote UK business, economic and political ties with North Carolina.