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Ambassador Jessye Lapenn

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Smart Money Rating: 90 out of 100

SENIOR ADVISOR, Audere Capital

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Audere Capital
Title
SENIOR ADVISOR
Role
Advisor
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Record updated 21 September 2026

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Ambassador Lapenn recently retired from the U.S. State Department after a thirty year global career. She served as the U.S. Ambassador to the African Union and the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, 2019-2024; the Chargé d’Affaires (Acting Ambassador) in South Africa, 2016-2019, and Deputy Chief of Mission in Rwanda, 2012-2014.

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