Henriette Geiger is the European Union Ambassador to Kenya, having presented her credentials to the President of Kenya in September 2021, a period that marked the beginning of the EU-Kenya Strategic Dialogue. Ms Geiger has a long standing career in the European Union institutions, where she served in key management positions working on political, development and security relations with Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and Pacific regions. Prior to her joining the EU, Henriette worked at the UN and in the private sector and civil society. Educated in both Germany and the United States, she obtained two master degrees in social sciences and earned a distinction as a Fulbright Scholar.