Jeremy Hopkins is half Kenyan and half British and graduated with a MA in Arabic and Social Anthropology (Edinburgh) and a MSc in Development Studies (SOAS – University of London).

He started his career with WFP in Somalia and then moved to UNICEF also in Somalia as a Child Protection specialist but with an overview on Youth, HIV and C4D portfolios. He worked again as a child protection specialist in Mozambique after which he was a Deputy Representative in Central African Republic, Yemen and Somalia (again!).

He has been acting as South Sudan Representative for a short while, Representative in Burundi, Representative in Egypt and currently the Deputy Regional Director in Eastern and Southern Africa Region.

Outside the professional realm Jeremy enjoys music, travelling, surfing and photography.