Johanna Ropner

Johanna Ropner (née Stroyan; born 3 January 1963) is a businessperson and the Lord Lieutenant of North Yorkshire since 2018.

Personal life

Ropner, the second of three children, was born on 3 January 1963 to Colin Strathearn Ropner Stroyan and Caroline Jane Brownlow. She attended Newcastle University where she graduated with an honours degree in agriculture.

Ropner lives in Kirklington, North Yorkshire with her husband, Robert Ropner. The couple are third cousins. Together they have three grown-up children.

Career

Ropner was confirmed as the successor to Barry Dodd in November 2018. The vacancy had arisen after Dodd died in a helicopter crash, and Ropner had previously been a deputy lord-lieutenant of North Yorkshire under Dodd, and his predecessor, Lord Crathorne.