Andrew Jenks
Ambassador to Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland
Andrew Jenks was appointed Ambassador to Sweden in October 2018 and was previously Ambassador to Spain.
Andrew is a career diplomat. Since joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1993, he has had overseas assignments in Ottawa, Jakarta, Paris and Spain.
In Wellington, he has split his time between working on international environmental law, trade law, trade and economic policy, and trade negotiations. In 2002-2004, he took a leave of absence in order to live in Stockholm, where he worked as a trade policy consultant and for the Swedish Government on trade policy issues.
He has studied at the University of Otago and Victoria University of Wellington, and has a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science and a Bachelor of Laws with Honours. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand.
Andrew is married to Pia and they live with their three children Jasper, Miki and Alice, and their three cats Milou, Bubbles and Coco, in Lidingö Stockholm, Sweden.
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