Denise Mary Holt, DCMG (née Mills; born 1 October 1949, Vienna, Austria) was British Ambassador to Mexico (2002–05) and Spain and Andorra (2007–09).
Previous roles include Ofqual (the examinations regulator in England) from 2010-2013 and the NHS Pay Review Body 2010-2014.
On 20 June 2011, Scottish Power Renewables announced in a press release that they had appointed Holt to their board as a non-executive director.
She was deputy head of Eastern Department, responsible for relations with newly independent countries of Central Asia and the Trans Caucasus.
[2] Denise married David Holt in 1987 while they were both serving in the British Embassy in Ireland; the couple has one child.