Francesca is the Country Director overseeing Trade and Investment at the British Embassy in Kyiv. Working closely with the UK’s Department for Business and Trade and the UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Francesca and the Embassy team seek to enhance collaboration in the UK-Ukraine Techbridge www.ukukrainetechbridge.org within Ukraine.

Prior to joining the British Embassy Francesca spent several years delivering trade policy in the UK following the country’s departure from the European Union and has also undertaken several political and commercial-facing roles in British Embassies in Sub-Saharan Africa.