H.E. Einar Jensen has had a long and distinguished career as a civil servant in Denmark. He holds a master’s degree in Agricultural Science, specializing in Economics and Law, from The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Copenhagen. He began his career in the Danish Environmental Protection Agency before serving as an advisor to two Ministers for Environment. He began his career with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an environmental attaché to South Africa before rising to Head of the Department of South East Asia and the Pacific Office.
In 2006, he was appointed ambassador to the Republic of Bangladesh, where he worked for four years. From 2010 to 2015, he worked as Head of the Department in the MFA Office for Humanitarian Action, Development Policy, and Civil Society before being appointed ambassador to Tanzania with a side accreditation to Zambia, Malawi, Mauritius, and The East African Community. In November 2019, he was accredited as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Denmark to the Republic of Korea. Throughout his career, H.E. Einar H. Jensen has had a strong interest in development policy, agricultural development, and sustainability, emphasizing inclusive partnerships, good governance, and institutional enhancement. "