Jamie Hamill
Biography
Jamie Hamill took up his appointment as Deputy Head of the UK Mission to the UN, WTO and Other International Organisations in Geneva in August 2025.
Jamie joined the Diplomatic Service in 2013. He has been posted to the UK Delegation to NATO in Brussels, as political counsellor in Khartoum, Sudan, External Political Counsellor in Seoul, South Korea, and Deputy Head of Mission in Erbil, Iraq. He has worked across the UK government on Middle East policy and conflict management issues, multilateral arms control, defence procurement and in political and government communications. He studied law at the University of Glasgow.
Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other International Organisations in Geneva
The Deputy Head of Mission is a senior diplomat and typically a key advisor to the Ambassador or High Commissioner. The Deputy is responsible for the daily management of an overseas Embassy or High Commission. They will represent the UK’s interests in the absence of the Ambassador as Chargé d’Affaires. A senior ranking Deputy may also take the title Minister. Smaller missions may not have a Deputy Head.