As of September 2024, Melanie Hopkins is Deputy Consul General in New York.

Prior, Melanie served as Deputy Head of Mission in Brazil from July 2021 to July 2024. Between February and November 2022, she took on the role of Chargé d’Affaires (Acting Ambassador).

Her previous role was as British High Commissioner to Fiji (and non-resident Ambassador/High Commissioner to a number of other Pacific countries) and Head of the UK’s network of 5 diplomatic missions. Previously she has worked on multilateral and bilateral policy (including security policy), programme management and finance. She joined the Civil Service in 2002 after beginning her career in Management Consultancy.