Envoy pledges UK support

Bronnert, who replaces Mark Canning as London’s representative in Harare, said she was delighted to be appointed “at such an important time for Zimbabwe, as the parties in the Inclusive Government work towards greater reform and free and fair elections”.

“The United Kingdom has long been a friend to the Zimbabwean people and I look forward to ensuring that that commitment remains as strong as ever,” she said.

Bronnert, formerly the head of Prosperity Issues, one of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)’s three key priorities under the new UK coalition government, takes her post in August.

In this role, she led the FCO’s work on commercial and economic diplomacy, trade policy, development issues and climate change.