NneNne Iwuji-Eme
British diplomat
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NneNne Iwuji- // ⓘ is a British diplomat. In March 2018, she was appointed to be the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Mozambique and took up her post in July 2018 in succession to Joanna Kuenssberg.[1] She is the first black woman to represent the United Kingdom as a high commissioner.[2][3][4]
NneNne Iwuji-Eme | |
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Iwuji-Eme in 2018 | |
| High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Mozambique | |
| Assumed office July 2018 | |
| Monarchs | Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Joanna Kuenssberg |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Saint Felix School |
| University of Manchester | |
Early life
Iwuji-Eme, who is of Igbo Nigerian heritage,[5] was born in Truro, Cornwall, England, to parents who worked for the United Nations.[2] She was educated at St Felix School, a boarding school in Southwold, Suffolk, from 1990 to 1995.[6] She studied economics at the University of Manchester, and has one son.[2]
Career
Iwuji-Eme began her professional career in 1999 as an Economic Adviser at the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).[1] In 2002, she joined to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), where she served as Head of Africa, Middle East and Transition Economies in the Economic Policy Department.[1]
Over a diplomatic career spanning more than sixteen years, she held variety of roles with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), including Economic Adviser for Africa and Chief Press Officer to the Minister for Africa.[7] She also gained experience in the private sector, working for Royal Dutch Shell. [8]
Prior to her appointment to her current post as High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Mozambique she was the UK's First Secretary in Brazil.[9]
