The ambassador and permanent representative of Australia to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the delegation of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and has been sent since Australia, represented by Deputy Prime Minister Doug Anthony and Ambassador to France Alan Renouf , acceded to the OECD on 7 June 1971.[ 1] [ 2]
List of permanent representatives
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Officeholder
Term start date
Term end date
Time in office
Notes
1
Sir Edward Ronald Walker 7 June 1971 (1971-06-07 )
August 1973 (1973-08 )
2 years, 1 month
[ 1]
2
Dr Roy Cameron August 1973 (1973-08 )
1977 (1977 )
3–4 years
[ 3]
3
Francis Patrick Donovan 1977 (1977 )
1980 (1980 )
2–3 years
4
James Humphreys
1980 (1980 )
May 1983 (1983-05 )
2–3 years
[ 4]
5
Fred Argy
28 May 1983 (1983-05-28 )
1985 (1985 )
1–2 years
[ 4]
6
Alex McGoldrick 1985 (1985 )
1988 (1988 )
2–3 years
[ 5]
7
Ed Visbord
1988 (1988 )
March 1991 (1991-03 )
2–3 years
[ 6]
8
David Borthwick March 1991 (1991-03 )
1993 (1993 )
1–2 years
[ 7]
9
Trevor Boucher
1993 (1993 )
1995 (1995 )
1–2 years
[ 7]
10
Ralph Hillman
April 1995 (1995-04 )
June 1998 (1998-06 )
3 years, 2 months
11
Tony Hinton
June 1998 (1998-06 )
2001 (2001 )
2–3 years
[ 8]
12
Ian Forsyth
September 2001 (2001-09 )
January 2005 (2005-01 )
3 years, 4 months
[ 9]
13
Veronique Ingram
January 2005 (2005-01 )
January 2008 (2008-01 )
3 years
[ 10]
14
Chris Langman
January 2008 (2008-01 )
July 2011 (2011-07 )
3 years, 6 months
[ 11]
15
Chris Barrett
July 2011 (2011-07 )
1 April 2015 (2015-04-01 )
3 years, 9 months
[ 12]
16
Brian Pontifex
1 April 2015 (2015-04-01 )
22 March 2019 (2019-03-22 )
3 years, 355 days
[ 13]
17
Alexander Robson
22 March 2019 (2019-03-22 )
17 September 2021 (2021-09-17 )
2 years, 179 days
[ 14]
18
Brendan Pearson
17 September 2021 (2021-09-17 )
Incumbent
3 years, 234 days
[ 15]
References
^ a b " . The Canberra Times . Retrieved 18 May 2015 .^ "Brilliant opening for our Paris embassy" . The Australian Women's Weekly . Retrieved 18 May 2015 .^ "New statistician named" . The Canberra Times . National Library of Australia. 24 December 1976. p. 1. Retrieved 18 May 2015 .^ a b "Treasury man OECD envoy" . The Canberra Times . National Library of Australia. 28 May 1983. p. 6. Retrieved 18 May 2015 .^ "New envoys named to OECD, Solomons" . The Canberra Times . Retrieved 18 May 2015 .^ "OECD ambassador joins private group" . The Canberra Times . National Library of Australia. 18 March 1991. p. 2. Retrieved 18 May 2015 .^ a b "Tax punch-up: Govt threat to halt probe" . The Canberra Times . National Library of Australia. 27 October 1992. p. 1. Retrieved 18 May 2015 .^ Downer, Alexander (27 March 1998). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development at Paris" . Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Press release). Australian Government. Retrieved 16 May 2015 .^ Downer, Alexander (19 March 2001). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OECD in Paris" . Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Press release). Australian Government. Retrieved 16 May 2015 .^ Downer, Alexander (2 December 2004). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OECD in Paris" . Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Press release). Australian Government. Retrieved 16 May 2015 .^ Downer, Alexander (17 September 2007). "Diplomatic Appointment – Ambassador to the OECD" . Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Press release). Australian Government. Retrieved 16 May 2015 .^ Rudd, Kevin (26 March 2011). "Diplomatic Appointment – Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the OECD" . Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Press release). Australian Government. Retrieved 16 May 2015 .^ Bishop, Julie (1 April 2015). "Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OECD" . Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Press release). Australian Government. Retrieved 18 May 2015 .^ Payne, Marise (22 March 2019). "Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OECD" . Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Press release). Australian Government. Retrieved 28 June 2022 .^ Frydenberg, Josh (17 September 2021). "Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OECD" . The Treasury (Press release). Australian Government. Retrieved 28 June 2022 .
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