Jill Helke

Jill Helke is the Director of International Cooperation and Partnerships of IOM HQ, Geneva since 2012. Ms. Helke is responsible for establishing partnerships and maintaining liaison with Member States and other migration stakeholders, for being the key IOM reference point on migration law, policy and research, promoting communication and dialogue on international migration. Ms. Helke started her career at HM Diplomatic Service as Desk Officer at Foreign & Commonwealth Office based in London (1978-1981) and undertook various roles as Vice Consul at British Embassy in Beijing PR China (1983-1985), First Secretary at United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations in New York (1986-1992) and Head of Chancery and Head of Humanitarian Affairs at United Kingdom Mission to the United Nations in Geneva (1993-1999). In the meantime, she took a full-time language training at Cambridge and in Hong Kong (1981-1983). In 1999, Ms. Helke started working with IOM. During her time with IOM, she performed the duties of Special Assistant to the Director General (1999-2004), Executive Officer/Deputy Chief of Staff at the Office of the Director General (2004-2009) and the Chief of Mission in Khartoum at IOM Sudan (2009-2012).