Marie-Louise Koch Wegter

Speaker

Marie-Louise Koch Wegter took up her position as Director for Humanitarian Affairs and Civil Society in the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 1 February 2025. Prior to this position, she has worked in a range of leading positions in the Danish foreign service, most recently as

  • Multilateral Director, 2023-2025
  • Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, 2019-2023
  • Deputy Head of the Department for Humanitarian Action, Migration and Civil Society, 2016-2019
  • Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, 2012-2016
  • Head of Secretariat for the Global Green Growth Forum, 2009-2011
  • Deputy Head of the Department for Middle East and North Africa, 2007-2009

Ambassador Wegter has an International MBA from Copenhagen Business School and worked as Senior Analyst in the Danish Institute for International Studies from 2009 to 2011.