Jack Hillmeyer, Consul General, U.S. Consulate General Edinburgh
Jack arrived in Edinburgh in August 2021 after serving as Deputy Consul General in Karachi, Pakistan.
He previously served at the U.S. Mission to NATO in Brussels as Political and Public Affairs Advisor from 2015 to 2019. He was Spokesperson at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa from 2012 to 2015. He also served as the Executive Secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan from 2011 to 2012 and at the U.S. Consulate General in Milan, Italy from 2008 to 2011.
From 2005 to 2008, he worked at State Department headquarters in Washington, D.C. He has also been posted to the U.S. Consulate General in Durban, South Africa, and the U.S. Embassy in Libreville, Gabon.
Before joining the Foreign Service, he was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Kyrgyz Republic and studied at Southern Methodist University and Georgetown University. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, he is a proud member of Cardinal nation and is married with four children.
