Emma Hopkins is a British diplomat who since October 2020 has been the
British Ambassador to Denmark
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Denmark is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Denmark, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Denmark. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom ...
, and was previously the
British Ambassador to Bulgaria from May 2015 to August 2020.
Personal life
Hopkins graduated with a degree in Law from Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge. She was
called to the Bar
The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received "call to ...
in 1995 and practised as a barrister until 2001 when she entered public service.
She is married to Steven Hopkins and they have two young daughters.
Career
Hopkins joined the
UK civil service
His Majesty's Home Civil Service, also known as His Majesty's Civil Service, the Home Civil Service, or colloquially as the Civil Service is the permanent bureaucracy or secretariat of Crown employees that supports His Majesty's Government, whic ...
in 2001. She led the UK government's Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative (PSVI) to end impunity for sexual violence committed in war. The campaign included the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict – which brought together over 125 countries in the largest gathering ever on this topic. She was awarded the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List, for services to preventing sexual violence in conflict affected countries.
Hopkins was appointed as Her Majesty's Ambassador to Denmark in January 2020,
and took up her post in October 2020.
References
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Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
British women ambassadors
Officers of the Order of the British Empire