Consul General

On August 11, 2005, Mr. Henry V. Jardine began his assignment as U.S. Consul General in Kolkata, India.  Previously, he served as the Management Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Chiang Mai, Thailand. 

Mr. Jardine joined the Foreign Service in 1995 and served as a Consular and Political Officer in Dhaka, Bangladesh and Bridgetown, Barbados.  Prior to his work with the State Department, Mr. Jardine was an Infantry Captain in the United States Army.  During his time in the military, his assignments included service as a Headquarters Company Executive Officer with the 101^st Airborne Division at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky and as a Mechanized Infantry Platoon Leader with the 8^th Infantry Division in Mainz, Germany. 

Mr. Jardine received a B.S. in Foreign Service from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.  He is joined by his wife Kathleen D. Jardine and his son Thomas.