Véronique Choquette is a Canadian diplomat and policy expert specializing in foreign policy, democracy support, and international governance. She currently serves as Senior Officer for Foreign Policy and Diplomacy at the Embassy of Canada to Spain, where she leads initiatives strengthening Canada–Spain relations in areas such as multilateral cooperation, democratic governance, and international policy engagement.
In addition to her diplomatic work, Véronique is a Faculty Lecturer at Universidad Alfonso X El Sabio in Madrid, where she teaches international security to undergraduate students of Law and International Relations.
Before joining the Embassy in 2022, she spent nearly four years at Club de Madrid, first as Programme Officer and later as Senior Policy and Programme Development Advisor. There, she coordinated strategic and operational planning for an international network of former Heads of State and Government, developing initiatives on democracy, digital governance, and inclusive societies.
Her prior experience includes senior roles at International IDEA (Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance) in Stockholm, where she led strategic planning and institutional development, and several years as a Canadian Foreign Service Officer with Global Affairs Canada, serving in Ottawa, Madrid, and Yaoundé. Early in her career, she worked in environmental policy and sustainable development research at the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Network for Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa in Côte d’Ivoire.