Rob Fenn

British Ambassador to Nepal since July 2023. Follow @UKInNepal to get updates from the British Embassy Kathmandu.

[Rob Fenn @RobFennFCDO]

I’ve been able to visit 3 of Nepal’s top destinations for ‘spiritual tourism’: Lumbini & Pashupatinath with my Minister @SeemaMalhotra1 and Sagarmatha, as a guest of the Everest Marathon. Not as a runner, I hasten to add. But it was humbling to present medals to Nepali athletes.

[Rob Fenn @RobFennFCDO]

🇳🇵presents a unique opportunity as a living lab for climate adaptation & innovation. Across its diverse landscapes- high mountain communities to smallholder farming systems-we see how local knowledge & ingenuity combined with targeted investment can drive transformative change.

[WFP Nepal @WFP_Nepal]

Meet the innovators transforming Nepal’s food systems:

1 @ghampower
2 @aQysta
3 @KHETI_AgFinTech
4 @plantsat2

These solutions will be tested and scaled up over the next 9 months.

💡 Smart irrigation
⚡Clean energy
🌾Climate-smart agriculture
📱Digital solutions

[Rob Fenn @RobFennFCDO]

There’s a moment, each year, when British Embassies celebrate with their queer community friends. This year the creative triumphs of these peerless ambassadors for🇳🇵felt like an arts festival I was dealing with the cultural mainstream, generating world quality material. #pride

[UK in Nepal 🇬🇧🇳🇵 @UKinNepal]

The Royal Regiment of Artillery celebrated the formation of the King's Gurkha Artillery (KGA) in the presence of King Charles III with a formal parade at Royal Artillery Barracks, Larkhill on 04 June 2026. It was a historic and proud day for all KGA members.

[Rob Fenn @RobFennFCDO]

KIMFF is one of the great pleasures of life here. This time we we were treated to an important biopic of the great Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabe, the first woman to climb Everest. It was a particular pleasure to be hosted at the event by HE Maeda Toru, Ambasador of Japan.

[Ministry of Energy, Water Resources & Irrigation @MoewriNp]

Hon. Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation, Biraj Bhakta Shrestha, met with the British Ambassador to Nepal to discuss strengthening Nepal–UK cooperation in hydropower, renewable energy, energy security, climate resilience, and investment. 🇳🇵🇬🇧

[UK in Nepal 🇬🇧🇳🇵 @UKinNepal]

Congratulations to the winners of the Hindu Kush Himalaya Innovation Challenge for Entrepreneurs (HKH-ICE 2.0)👏
The UK is proud to support this initiative through Climate Action for a Resilient Asia/CARA to empower innovators to tackle environmental & socio-economic challenges.

[UK in Nepal 🇬🇧🇳🇵 @UKinNepal]

Nepal has a rich cultural beauty that - along with its people and landscape - attracts thousands of Brits each year. Minister @SeemaMalhotra1 visited the Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu - one of ten UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Nepal - to see this first hand. @PADT_Official

[UK in Nepal 🇬🇧🇳🇵 @UKinNepal]

We offer a full-spectrum education partnership: applauding🇳🇵achievement of universal access & its renewed focus on foundational learning & supporting🇳🇵students in 🇬🇧
Minister @SeemaMalhotra1 stressed on the imp of quality assurance in unlocking affordable transnational education

[UK in Nepal 🇬🇧🇳🇵 @UKinNepal]

In Lumbini, Minister @SeemaMalhotra1 saw first-hand how UK-Nepal-@WorldBank collab on archaeological surveys & physical planning – through @durham_uni expertise – are shaping the future of the Greater Lumbini Area: protecting heritage while unlocking sustainable tourism & jobs.

[UK in Nepal 🇬🇧🇳🇵 @UKinNepal]

During her visit to Lumbini, Minister @SeemaMalhotra1 held a courtesy meeting with the provincial government to understand how the UK is working with Nepal at all levels of government and opportunities in Lumbini on provincial development and tourism.

[UK in Nepal 🇬🇧🇳🇵 @UKinNepal]

Minister Malhotra @SeemaMalhotra1 had fruitful discussions with Nepal Government ministers, hearing how the UK can shape the modern partnership we offer around Nepal’s new priorities. @MofaNepal @mofnepal @moesnepal @npBritish

[UK in Nepal 🇬🇧🇳🇵 @UKinNepal]

Minister Malhotra @SeemaMalhotra1 met British International Investment Invest & for Impact Nepal IIN today. BII, the only DFI with an office here, champions 🇳🇵 as an investment destination & helps build the eco-system, including by investing directly in job-creating businesses.

[Rob Fenn @RobFennFCDO]

Welcome to Nepal @SeemaMalhotra1
An important visit for UK-Nepal and chance to deepen ties of friendship and our modern partnership.

[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office @FCDOGovUK]

No one country can deal with today’s challenges alone.

That's why, with @GovernmentZA @CIFFchild @BritishIntInv, we’re uniting governments, investors, innovators and civil society at the Global Partnerships Conference.

Complex global problems call for broad coalitions ⤵️

[Rob Fenn @RobFennFCDO]

It was deeply moving to be included in the homecoming of this 13th Century effigy. Parvati to many. Mahagauri to the neighbourhood. Now another part of the mosaic which makes Nepal so spectacular.

[Rob Fenn @RobFennFCDO]

Happy New Year 2083!

[UK in Nepal 🇬🇧🇳🇵 @UKinNepal]

बेलायती दूतावास काठमाडौं परिवारको तर्फबाट सम्पूर्ण नेपालीलाई नयाँ वर्ष २०८३ को हार्दिक शुभकामना! 🙏
#Nepalinewyear #newyears #nepal #peaceful #swoyambhu

[UK in Nepal 🇬🇧🇳🇵 @UKinNepal]

At @icimod’s Hindu Kush Himalaya Investment Conference 2026, Ambassador Rob Fenn stressed that the region is warming nearly twice the global average & needs bold, investable climate solutions. Public finance must de‑risk and crowd in private capital.
#GreenFinance #UKCARA #HIREAP

[MOFA of Nepal 🇳🇵 @MofaNepal]

Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Nepal H.E. Mr Rob Fenn @RobFennFCDO paid a courtesy call on Hon. Foreign Minister Mr Shisir Khanal @shisir at the Ministry today.

On the occasion, views were exchanged on further strengthening Nepal-UK relations and enhancing bilateral cooperation.

@PM_nepal_
@shisir
@amritrai555
@lokbchhetri

[UK in Nepal 🇬🇧🇳🇵 @UKinNepal]

“सम्माननीय प्रधानमन्त्रीज्यू, I have here a letter of congratulation from your British colleague Sir Keir Starmer. The UK admires Nepal’s democratic renewal & wants to help conserve the momentum you have built,” said Amb Rob Fenn today at the meeting with @PM_nepal_ Balendra Shah