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Jill Gallard
British diplomat From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jill Gallard CMG CVO[1][2] is a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to Germany from November 2020 to September 2024.[3] Previously she was the British Ambassador to Portugal, director of human resources at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and deputy political director at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.[4]
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Early life
Born in Omagh, Northern Ireland, and raised in Omagh and County Antrim, Gallard was educated at Ballyclare High School[5] and gained an MA degree in French and Spanish from the University of Edinburgh.[5]
Career
Gallard joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1991. She has served at Madrid and Prague and in various posts at the FCO,[1] including at the European Commission in Brussels.[5] She was Ambassador to Portugal from 2011 to 2014[6] and director of human resources at the FCO from 2014 to 2018.[4]
Gallard was appointed CMG in the 2018 Birthday Honours.[7]
From 2018 to 2020 she was deputy political director and director of the Western Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean at the FCO.[5]
In July 2020 Gallard was appointed Ambassador to Germany and took up the position in November.[8] She was the first ever woman to hold the position.[5] In March 2023 she received King Charles III and Queen Camilla on their first outbound state visit.[9] In honour of this she was appointed a Commander of The Royal Victorian Order in November 2023, with the appointment backdated to the date of the state visit. [10] In March 2024 it was announced that her successor would be Andrew Jonathan Mitchell from September 2024, with Gallard transferring to another posting.[11][12]
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Personal life
Gallard is married and has two children. She is multilingual.[5]
References
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