Emma Wade

Foreign Policy Counsellor

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4th March 2014 Washington DC, USA

by Emma Wade

Foreign Policy Counsellor

My New Hero: Dr Denis Mukwege

On Tuesday evening at Georgetown University, the UK’s Foreign Secretary William Hague, received an award from his friend and former US counterpart, Hillary Clinton. The award recognizes his leadership in steering the energies of the British government into the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative, an international project to end the use of rape and sexual assault […]

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About Emma Wade

Emma Wade OBE is the Foreign Policy Counsellor at the British Embassy in Washington. Prior to arriving in Washington in July 2012, Emma led the government’s international crisis management operations,…

Emma Wade OBE is the Foreign Policy Counsellor at the British Embassy in Washington. Prior to arriving in Washington in July 2012, Emma led the government’s international crisis management operations, for which she was awarded an OBE by Her Majesty The Queen. She has had diplomatic postings in Mexico and Chile, as well as the UK’s Mission to the UN in New York and the EU in Brussels. Emma has also had a range of roles in the Foreign Office in London, including as Chief of Staff to the Middle East Minister. Emma studied politics and government at the Universities of Essex and Manchester. She lives in Washington, D.C. with her fiancée

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