Jill Gallard

Jill Gallard is a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to Germany from November 2020 to September 2024. 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. and gained an MA degree in French and Spanish from the University of Edinburgh. including at the European Commission in Brussels. and director of human resources at the FCO from 2014 to 2018.

Gallard was appointed CMG in the 2018 Birthday Honours.

From 2018 to 2020, she was deputy political director and director of the Western Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean at the FCO. She was the first ever woman to hold the position. In honour of this she was appointed a Commander of The Royal Victorian Order in November 2023, with the appointment backdated to the date of the state visit. In March 2024 it was announced that her successor would be Andrew Jonathan Mitchell from September 2024, with Gallard transferring to another posting.

Personal life Gallard is married and has two children. She is multilingual.