Peter Sorensen is a seasoned diplomat with a demonstrated history of achieving results. He brings deep knowledge of European politics and institutional structures and has extensive European networks. Peter has broad experience in the Balkans.
From 2011 to 2014 he was EU Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina. As EU Special Representative, he was responsible for developing and coordinating a wide range of EU policies towards the country. From 2006 to 2011 he was Personal Representative and European Council Liaison Officer in Belgrade on secondment from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, working with the EU High Representative (former NATO Secretary General Xavier Solana). This followed six years of postings to the UN Interim Administration Mission In Kosovo (UNMIK) and a spell as EU Ambassador to Macedonia. Before that, he spent five years in various military and diplomatic posts in the Balkans.
Peter brings specialist knowledge of a range of human rights issues and social policies through his time as the EU Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (including the UN Human Rights Council) and other International Organisations in Geneva. Whilst in Geneva, he had oversight of a wide-ranging set of policy issues, including human rights, technology, research, development, health, humanitarian, asylum, migration and economics.
Peter has a BA and a Masters in Law from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He is currently delivering international and governmental affairs advisory services for international clients.