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Danae Dholakia

Special Envoy and SRO for Ukraine Recovery Conference

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About Danae Dholakia

Danae Dholakia was appointed Special Envoy to Africa’s Great Lakes Region in June 2015. She is also Head of Southern and Central Africa Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.…

Danae Dholakia was appointed Special Envoy to Africa’s Great Lakes Region in June 2015. She is also Head of Southern and Central Africa Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Prior to her current roles, Danae Dholakia was Political Counsellor in Pretoria. Before taking up her role in South Africa, Danae served four years as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Deputy Director covering Eastern Europe and Central Asia. She has worked previously as Deputy Director on Counter-Terrorism issues in the Home Office, on NATO, on the EU in Brussels, and on UN issues. Before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office she worked in the NGO sector in Eastern and Central Africa for seven years.

Danae studied Environmental Science to Master’s Degree level at Lancaster and Brunel Universities. She is married.