Jane Caroline Owen (born ) is a British diplomat. She is the current Governor of the

Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands () is a self-governing British Overseas Territory—the largest by population in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac and Little Cayman, which are located to the ...

and the second woman to hold this position. She had previously served as the British ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein and the British ambassador to Norway.

Career

Owen was born in

Bilston Bilston is a market town, ward, and civil parish located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is close to the borders of Sandwell and Walsall. The nearest towns are Darlaston, Wednesbury, and Willenhall. Historically in Staffordshi ...

and educated at Ellerslie School in

Malvern Malvern or Malverne may refer to: Places Australia * Malvern, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide * Malvern, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne * City of Malvern, a former local government area near Melbourne * Electoral district of Malvern, an e ...

(now merged with

Malvern College Malvern College is an Independent school (United Kingdom), independent coeducational day and boarding school in Malvern, Worcestershire, Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It is a public school (United Kingdom), public school in the British sen ...

) and

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

. After graduating in 1986 she taught English in Japan as part of the

JET Programme The , or , is a Japanese government initiative that brings college (university) graduates—mostly native speakers of English—to Japan as Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) and Sports Education Advisors (SEAs) in Japanese kindergartens, element ...

. In 1987 she entered the

Foreign and Commonwealth Office The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, department of the Government of the United Kingdom. Equivalent to other countries' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ministries of fore ...

(FCO). After Japanese language training 1988–90 she worked at the Tokyo embassy 1990–93 and then was seconded to the Department of Trade and Industry as head of the Exports to Japan Unit 1993–96. She returned to the FCO 1996–98 and was then posted to Hanoi as deputy head of mission 1998–2002. She returned to Tokyo as director of trade promotion 2002–06, then was posted to New Delhi as director of

UK Trade and Investment UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) was a UK Government department working with businesses based in the United Kingdom to assist their success in international markets, and with overseas investors looking to the UK as an investment destination. It was re ...

(UKTI) in India 2006–10. She was British ambassador to Norway 2010–14, chief operating officer of UKTI in London 2014–16, then was appointed ambassador to the

Swiss Confederation ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

and concurrently non-resident ambassador to the

Principality of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (german: link=no, Fürstentum Liechtenstein), is a German-speaking microstate located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. Liechtenstein is a semi-constitutional monarch ...

. She was chosen to be the

Governor, She arrived in Cayman and sworn-in on 21st April 2023. https://www.gov.ky/news/press-release-details/governor-owen-welcomed-to-the-cayman-islands

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Owen, Jane 1963 births Living people Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Norway Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Switzerland Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Liechtenstein British women ambassadors Governors of the Cayman Islands