Biography of Till Knorn (2024)

Consul General Till Knorn, German Consulate General New York

Born in 1970, Till grew up in Berlin, near Hamburg and as an exchange student in St. Louis, MO. He is a lawyer by training. In 1999, after two years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hamburg, he joined the Federal Foreign Office. His first posting abroad was in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 2001-2002. After holding positions in the Federal Foreign Office headquarters in Berlin, he was the Foreign Policy Advisor to the Minister-President of Hessen. After returning to the Federal Foreign Office, Till was posted in New York where he served as the Deputy Head of the Political Section at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations. Beginning in 2015, Till assumed leadership roles within the Federal Foreign Office’s protocol section in Berlin, including that of Chief of Protocol in 2020. Since August 2024, he has been the German Consul General in New York.