Joanna Roper

Joanna Louise Roper, Lady Drew, (born 20 February 1969) is a British diplomat who has served as the British Ambassador to the Netherlands and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague since 2020.

Having worked in the Home Office from 1992 to 2000, Roper joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 2001. In 2017, she was appointed to be the FCO's Special Envoy for Gender Equality. Her former posts include serving as deputy head and then interim head of the FCO's Counter-Terrorism Department (2008–2010), head of the FCO's China Department (2012–2014), as well as director of the United Kingdom's worldwide consular services. As a diplomat, she has been posted to Japan, Pakistan and China.

In the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) "for services to British foreign policy and the protection of British nationals overseas".

Roper is married to Sir Thomas Drew, who is currently Director General, Defence and Intelligence, at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.