EXPERIENCE

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

International postings →
Australian Government service →
Non-Government experience →
Current advisory and think-tank roles; Academic qualifications →

INTERNATIONAL POSTINGS

  • 2018–2021: Australian Consul-General, Honolulu, USA

  • 2012–2014: Australian Ambassador to Spain, Andorra and Equatorial Guinea

  • 2005–2009: Head of Congressional Affairs Office, Australian Embassy, Washington DC, USA

  • 2005: Secondment to the United States Congress, working in the House of Representatives offices of the House Majority Whip (Republican Party) and the House Committee on Education & the Workforce Ranking Member (Democratic Party)

  • 1999–2002: Counsellor (Political), Australian Embassy, Seoul, Republic of Korea

  • 1993–1996: Second Secretary (Political and Economic), Australian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SERVICE

  • 2022–2024: Assistant Secretary, Western Europe Branch, Europe and Latin America Division, DFAT, Canberra

  • 2021: Assistant Secretary, Strategic and Intelligence Liaison Branch, International Security Division, DFAT, Canberra

  • 2015–2018: Assistant Secretary, Arms Control Branch, International Security Division, DFAT, Canberra

  • 2011–2012: Assistant Secretary, Strategic and Intelligence Liaison Branch, International Security Division, DFAT, Canberra

  • 2010–2011: Assistant Secretary, US Branch, Americas and Africa Division, DFAT, Canberra

  • 2009–2010: Director, Nuclear Policy Section, International Security Division, DFAT, Canberra

  • 2002–2005: Director, Koreas Section, North Asia Division, DFAT, Canberra

  • 1999: Director, Nuclear Policy Section, International Security Division, DFAT, Canberra

  • 1996–1998: Senior Officer, APEC Branch, DFAT, Canberra

  • 1996-1998:Director, International Policy and Director, Satellite Policy, Australian Government Department of Telecommunications and the Arts; Director, Strategic Policy, National Office for the Information Economy

  • 1991–1993: Graduate Officer, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Canberra

NON-government experience

  • 2021: Senior Visiting Fellow, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney

  • 1989–1991: Research Associate, Flinders University of South Australia; co-editor of Heritage of Namatjira (William Heinemann Australia) and national touring exhibition

  • 1986–1991: Staff member, Oxfam and Overseas Service Bureau, Australia

CURRENT ACADEMIC AND ADVISORY ROLES

  • Non-resident Senior Fellow, Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), Canberra

  • Associate, Women in the Alliance program, United States Studies Centre, University of Sydney

  • Board Member, Women in International Security (WIIS), Australia

  • Academic qualifications:

  • Master of Arts degree from Monash University

  • Bachelor of Arts degree from Flinders University of South Australia

  • Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Australia

  • Diploma of Foreign Affairs and Trade from the Australian National University