Jill Gallard

Jill Gallard
Jill Gallard; CMG
British Ambassador to Germany
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 11 November 2020
Monarch	Elizabeth II
President	Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Prime Minister	Boris Johnson
Chancellor	Angela Merkel
Preceded by	Sir Sebastian Wood
British Ambassador to Portugal
	In office; 2011–2014
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Alexander Ellis
Succeeded by	Kirsty Hayes
Personal details
Born	Jill Parkinson; Omagh, Northern Ireland
Spouse(s)	Dominic Gallard
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh

Jill Gallard CMG[1] is a British diplomat who she took up the post of British Ambassador to Germany in November 2020.[2] 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.[3]

Early life

Born in Omagh, Northern Ireland, and raised in Omagh and County Antrim, Gallard was educated at Ballyclare High School[4] and gained a MA degree in French and Spanish from the University of Edinburgh.[4]

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.[4] She was Ambassador to Portugal from 2011 to 2014[5] and director of human resources at the FCO from 2014 to 2018.[3]

Gallard was appointed CMG in the 2018 Birthday Honours.[6]

From 2018 to 2020 she was deputy political director and director of the Western Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean at the FCO.[4]

In July 2020 Gallard was appointed Ambassador to Germany and took up the position in November.[7] She was the first ever woman to hold the position.[4]

Personal life

Gallard is married and has two children. She is multilingual.[4]

References

"Gallard, Jill". Who's Who 2018. 1 December 2017.
"Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Germany: November 2020" (Press release). Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
"Jill Gallard". gov.uk.
Halliday, Gillian (20 November 2020). "NI woman Jill Gallard is UK's first female envoy to Germany". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
"Our Ambassador". British Embassy Lisbon. 2011. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011.
"No. 62310". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 2018. p. B4.
"Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Germany: November 2020" (Press release). GOV.UK. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Alexander Ellis	British Ambassador to Portugal 2011–2014	Succeeded by Kirsty Hayes
Preceded by Sir Sebastian Wood	British Ambassador to Germany 2020–present	Incumbent

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[whoswho-1] "Gallard, Jill". Who's Who 2018. 1 December 2017.

[2] "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Germany: November 2020" (Press release). Foreign & Commonwealth Office. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.

[:0-3] "Jill Gallard". gov.uk.

[BelfastTelegraph-4] Halliday, Gillian (20 November 2020). "NI woman Jill Gallard is UK's first female envoy to Germany". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

[5] "Our Ambassador". British Embassy Lisbon. 2011. Archived from the original on 24 November 2011.

[6] "No. 62310". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 2018. p. B4.

[7] "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Germany: November 2020" (Press release). GOV.UK. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.