Berit Basse

Berit Basse

Ambassador Berit Basse is the Consul General of Denmark in New York. She started her international career in 1991 when she joined the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in New York, followed by a posting to UNDP in Senegal.  Since then, she has held positions both in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Copenhagen and around the world in Asia, Africa and Europe. Most recently she was Ambassador to Singapore and Brunei (2012-2016) and Director of Export, Innovation and Global Public Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2016-2020).