Organisational Structure

February 2012

Secretary
Dennis Richardson
Deputy Secretary
Bruce Gosper

Deputy Secretary
Heather Smith
Trade and
Economic Policy
Division (TED)
First Assistant
Secretary
Christopher
Langman
G20 &
International
Economy Branch
(IEB)
Assistant
Secretary
Rhonda Piggott
G20 Section
(GTS)
Tracy Reid

North Asia
Division (NAD)
First Assistant
Secretary
Peter Rowe
East Asia Branch
(EAB)
Assistant
Secretary
John Langtry
China Economic &
Trade Section (CET)
Margaret Bowen
China Political &
External Section
(CPE)
Peter Roggero
Australia-China
Council (ACC)
Phillip Ivanov
Hong Kong, Macau
& Taiwan Section
(HMT)
Jurek Juszczyk

North East Asia

Branch (NEB)
Assistant Secretary
Gerald Thomson
Japan Section (JPN)
A/g Darren Hansen
Australia-Japan
Foundation (AJF)
Sheree Minehan
Korean Peninsula &
Mongolia Section
(KOR)
John Pilbeam
Australia-Korea
Foundation (AKF)
A/g Tomoko Nordling

Executive,
Planning
& Evaluation
Branch (EXB)
Assistant
Secretary
Bryce Hutchesson
Corporate Planning
Section (CPN)
Adam Robertson
Evaluation & Audit
Section (EAS)
Katie Marini
Ministerial &
Executive Liaison
Section (MEL)
Robyn Stern

Global China
Dialogue
Secretariat (SDC)
Head
Graeme Wilson
Deputy Head
Richard Neumann

International
Americas & Africa
Security Division
Division (AAD)
(ISD)
First Assistant
First Assistant
Secretary
Secretary
Justin Brown
Allan McKinnon
United States
Branch (USB)
Assistant
Secretary
Libby Schick
US Political &
Strategic Section
(UPS)
A/g Bartek Raszewski
US Trade Section
(UTS)
Cathy Johnstone

Canada & Latin

America Branch
(CLB)
Assistant
Secretary
John Richardson

Arms Control &

CounterProliferation
Branch (ACB)
Assistant
Secretary
Jeff Robinson
Arms Control
Section (ACS)
Terry Beven

Australian
Safeguards &
Non-Proliferation
Office (ASNO)
Director General
Robert Floyd
Australian
Safeguards &
NonProliferation
Office (ASNO)
Assistant
Secretary
John Kalish
Chemical
Weapons
Convention
Implementation
Section (CWS)
Josephine Meyer

CounterProliferation
Section (CPS)
John Tilemann

IAEA Safeguards
Section (ISS)
Craig Everton

Canada, Mexico,
Central America &
Caribbean Section
(CCS)
Rowena Thompson

Strategic
Issues &
Intelligence
Branch (SIB)
Assistant
Secretary
Jane Hardy

South America and

COALAR Section
(SAS)
Chris Munn

Regional &
National Security
Section (RNS)
Jo Cowley

Council for
Australia-Latin
America Relations
(CLR)
Geraldine Tyson

Defence &
Strategic Policy
Section (DSP)
Sean Kelly

Information
Management &
Technology
Division (IMD)
Chief Information
Officer
Tuan Dao
ICT Planning &
Development
Branch (IPB)
Assistant
Secretary
A/g Richard
Addiscott
Application
Development
Section (ADS)
A/g Brent George
Network
Development
Section (NDS)
Ian Constantine

Nuclear Security
Section (NSS)
Stephan Bayer

Post Infrastructure
Development
Section (PDS)
Stuart Jenkinson

Bilateral
Safeguards
Section (BSS)
Vanessa Masters

Systems
Development
Section (SDS)
A/g Angela Macarlino

CTBT &
Disarmament
Section (DCS)
Malcolm Coxhead

Strategic Planning &

Executive Support
Section (SPE)
A/g Jenny Hanna

Non-Proliferation
Section (NPS)
Vacant

Africa Branch
(AFB)
Assistant
Secretary
Dave Sharma

ICT Services
Branch (ISB)
Assistant
Secretary
Kevin OHanlon
ICT Client Services
Section (CSS)
A/g Gerard Andrew

East, West &

Regional Africa
Section (EWA)
Lara Nassau

ICT Desktop
Applications, Server
& Systems
Operations Section
(DSS)
Debbie McEwan

Southern & Central

Africa Section (SCA)
Erika Thompson

ICT Compliance
Section (ICS)
Denis Whitford

Australia in the
Asian Century
Secretariat (AAC)

ICT Finance
Management
Section (IFS)
Patrick Maher

Head
Les Luck

ICT Networks &

Telecommunications
Management
Section (NTS)
A/g Cameron Marshall

Policy Planning
Branch (PLB)
Assistant
Secretary
John Feakes
Director
James Bloomfield

ICT Transition,
Contingency
Planning & Regional
Support Section
(TRS)
A/g Adrian Dawson

Political & Strategic

Issues Section
(GPS)
Peter Howarth

Passport Systems &

Technology Section
(PST)
A/g Tony OSullivan

Speechwriting
(SWS)
Joseph Kerr

Corporate Records
Section (COR)
Kathy Nelson

Economic Issues
Section (EIS)
David Morgan

ICT Review Task

Force (ICTTF)
Assistant
Secretary
David Nethery

Agriculture &
Food Branch
(AGB)
Assistant
Secretary
Remo Moretta
Agricultural Policy &
Negotiations Section
(APU)
Robin McKenzie
Food Trade &
Quarantine Section
(FTQ)
Jane Parlett

Services &
Intellectual
Property Branch
(SSB)
Assistant
Secretary
George Mina
Services Trade &
Negotiations Section
(STS)
Helen Stylianou
International
Intellectual Property
Section (IPS)
Lloyd Brodrick

Trade Policy
Issues &
Industrials
Branch (TIB)
Assistant
Secretary
Vacant
Industrials, Market
Access &
Accessions Section
(INM)
Andrew Jory
Trade Policy Section
(TPS)
Kylie Oakes-Ati

WTO Trade Law

Branch (TLB)
Assistant
Secretary
James Baxter
WTO Disputes
Special Advisers
Section (WDI)
Elizabeth Young
Subsidies & Trade
Remedies Section
(WTR)
Russell Wild
WTO Disputes
Section (WDS)
Rosemary MorrisCastico
WTO Quarantine
Disputes Section
(WQD)
A/g Margaret Durnan

Trade
Commitments
Branch (TCB)
Assistant
Secretary
Elizabeth Ward
WTO Regional &
Free Trade
Agreements Section
(RFT)
Susan Coles

State and Territory Offices

Adelaide
Brisbane
Darwin
Hobart
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney

Office of Trade
Negotiations
(OTN)
First Assistant
Secretary
Hamish McCormick

Alex Brooking
John Michell
Debra Chapman
Edward Sulikowski
William Fisher
Michael Wood
Karen Lanyon

Tobacco Plain
Packaging
Taskforce
Principal
Legal Officer
Richard Braddock

FTA Commitments &

Implementation
Section (FTS)
Paul Schofield
Trade &
Environment
Section (TES)
Ian Turland

Trade & Economic

Free Trade
Policy Division
Agreement
(TED)
Division (FTD)
First Assistant
First Assistant
Secretary
Secretary
Christopher
Jan Adams
Langman
Special Negotiator
Michael Mugliston
APEC Branch
(APB)
North Asia
Assistant
Goods Branch
Secretary
(NGB)
John Larkin
Assistant
APEC Reform,
Secretary
Security &
Frances Lisson
Economic &
Technical
Cooperation Section
(RSE)
Leslie Williams
APEC Trade &
Investment Section
(ATI)
A/g Heath McMichael
APEC Regional
Economic
Integration Section
(REI)
Vacant

Director
Ken Gordon
Director Agriculture
& Coordinator Japan
John Watts

North Asia
Investment &
Services Branch
(NIB)
Assistant
Secretary
Alison Burrows

Trade
Competitiveness
& Advocacy
Branch (CAB)
Assistant
Secretary

Director
Jane Ogge-Cowan

A/g Jon Richardson

FTA Legal
Counsel Branch
(LCB)
Assistant
Secretary
Ravi Kewalram

Trade
Competitiveness
Section (TCS)
Andrew Ford
Market Information
& Research Section
(MIR)
A/g Brent Perkins
Trade Advocacy &
Outreach Section
(TAO)
Nancy Gordon
Resources &
Business Liaison
Section (RBS)
A/g Eleanor Flowers

G20 &
International
Economy Branch
(IEB)
Assistant
Secretary
Rhonda Piggott
International
Economy Section
(IES)
Evanor PalacMcMiken
Trade Finance
Section (TFS)
Angela McGrath
International
Financial &
Economic
Organisations
Section (EOS)
Janaline Oh
OECD & UNCTAD
Unit (OEU)
Leanne Caflisch

Director Coordinator
Korea
Dene Yeaman

Director
Ian MacIntosh
Director Coordinator
China
Jennifer Meehan

South-East Asia
Investment &
Services Branch
(AIB)
Assistant
Secretary
Craig Chittick
Director
Clare Birgin
Director
Bradley Armstrong

South-East Asia
Goods Branch
(SGB)
Coordinator
Milton Churche

Deputy Secretary
Gillian Bird
ASEAN Ambassador

Deputy Secretary
Paul Grigson
Overseas
Property Office
and Services
(OPO)
Executive Director
Peter Davin

Corporate
Management
Division (CMD)
First Assistant
Secretary
Chris Moraitis

Project
Management
Branch (PPB)
Assistant
Secretary
Keith Harmsworth

Chief Finance
Officer
Ann Thorpe

Project Management
Team A (APM)
Bina Chandra
Project Management
Team B (BPM)
Vacant
Project Capital
Budgets (CBS)
Rod Maley

Management
Strategy, Conduct &
Diversity Section
(MCS)
Luke Williams
Conduct & Ethics
Unit (CEU)
Gary Williams
Workplace Diversity
Unit (WDU)
Vacant

India Economic &

Regional Section
(IER)
Victoria Walker

Remuneration &
Post
Management
Branch (RPB)
Assistant
Secretary
Mal Skelly

Corporate Services
Section (OMS)
Geoff Brooks

Post & LES

Management Issues
Section (PLI)
Teresa Hart

Financial
Management
Section (FMS)
Peter English

Property
Strategy Branch
(PFB)
Assistant
Secretary
Barry Jackson
Chancery
Relocations Section
(CRS)
Leann Johnston
Asset Management
& Strategy Section
(AMS)
A/g Marion Walshe
Domestic Property &
Services Section
(DPS)
Rebecca Hamon

Diplomatic
Security Branch
(DSB)
Assistant
Secretary
Stuart Page
Security Budget
Section (SBS)
Akemi Inoue
Security Policy &
Clearance Section
(SPC)
Berenice Owen-Jones
ICT Security Policy
Section (ISP)
Phong Bui
Operational Security
Section (OSS)
Lorraine Barker
Overseas Security
Training Section
(OTS)
Bob Scott
Security CounterMeasures Section
(SCS)
Bob Hutchinson
Security
Infrastructure
Section (SIS)
Michael McMahon
High-Threat Security
Section (HTS)
Bill Elischer

South & Central

Asia Branch
(SCB)
Assistant
Secretary
Mark Pierce
India Political, Sri
Lanka & Bangladesh
Section (IBS)
Richard Mathews

Property
Services &
Alliance
Management
Branch (ALB)
Assistant
Secretary
Stephen Candotti

Estate Management
Section (EMS)
Lisa Usback

South & West

Asia & Middle
East Division
(SMD)
First Assistant
Secretary
David Stuart

Payroll Services
Section (PSS)
Graham Pearce
Conditions of
Service Section
(COS)
Kym Henkee-Poole
Workplace Health &
Safety (WHS)
Helen McCaffray
Family Liaison
Officer (FLO)
David Simpson

Staffing Branch
(SFB)
Assistant
Secretary
Andrew Todd
Staffing Operations
Section (SFS)
Jo Stevens
Training
Development &
Performance
Management
Section (TDP)
Nigel Stanier
Graduate
Management &
Administrative
Trainees Section
(GMA)
Karinda DAloisio
Recruitment &
Workforce Planning
Section (RWP)
Leah Mottram

Europe Division
(EUD)
First Assistant
Secretary
Jeremy Newman

EU & Western
Europe Branch
(EWB)
Assistant
Secretary
Peter Doyle
European Union
Section (EUS)
Jeremy Kruse

CounterTerrorism
Branch (CTB)
Assistant
Secretary
Peter Shannon

Europe Trade
Section (ETS)
James Wiblin

Counter-Terrorism
Policy Section (CTP)
Paula Watt

Western Europe
Section (WES)
Daniel Emery

Counter-Terrorism
Cooperation Section
(CTC)
Glenn White

India Strategies Unit

(ISU)
Kayzad Namdarin
Australia-India
Council Secretariat
(AIC)
John Fisher

Pakistan &
Afghanistan
Branch (PAB)
Assistant
Secretary
Jon Merrill
Pakistan Section
(PAK)
Jane Lambert

International
Security Division
(ISD)
First Assistant
Secretary
Allan Mckinnon
Ambassador for
Counter-Terrorism
Bill Paterson

Northern,
Southern &
Eastern Europe
Branch (NSB)
Assistant
Secretary
Paul Myler
Southern Europe
Section (SEU)
Sean Singh
Northern, Central &
Eastern Europe
Section (NCE)
Rowan Ainsworth

Counter-Terrorism
Activities Section
(CTA)
Andrew Barnes

Strategic Issues
& Intelligence
Branch (SIB)
Assistant
Secretary
Jane Hardy
Intelligence Policy &
Liaison Section (IPL)
Sue Langford

Afghanistan
Domestic Section
(AFD)
Bernard Philip
Afghanistan
International Section
(AFI)
Genevieve Clune

Middle East
Branch (MEB)
Assistant
Secretary
Lynette Wood
North Africa & Arab
League Section
(NAS)
Marnie Wright

Protocol Branch
(PRB)
Chief of Protocol
Sally Mansfield
Diplomatic & Consular
Accreditation Section
(DCA)
Ross Westcott
Protection, Privileges
& Immunities Section
(PPI)
Mark Donovan

Pacific Regional
& New Zealand
Branch (PZB)
Assistant
Secretary
Andrew
Goledzinowski
PACER Plus Section
(PES)
Michael Dean
New Zealand Section
(NZS)
Kristina Hickey
Pacific Regional
Section (PRS)
Sophia McIntyre

Papua New
Guinea & Fiji
Branch (PNB)
Assistant
Secretary
Jeremy Bruer

Fiji Section (FJS)

Kate Logan

Passport
Business
Improvement &
Technology
Branch (PBB)
Assistant
Secretary
Ross Tysoe

South-East Asia
Bilateral Branch
(SBB)
Assistant
Secretary
Bassim Blazey

Passport Fraud
Section (PFS)
Michael Lynch

Passport Client
Services Branch
(PCB)
Assistant
Secretary
Graeme Swift
Passport Operations
Section (POS)
Mark Porter
Passport Strategy,
Policy &
Coordination
Section (PPC)
Samantha Callinan

Thailand,Philippines
& Cambodia Section
(TPC)
Ben Playle
Malaysia, Brunei &
Singapore Section
(MBS)
Warren Hauck
Vietnam, Burma &
Laos Section (VBL)
Lauren Bain
Australia-Thailand
Institute (ATI)
Vanessa Wood
Australia-Malaysia
Institute (AMI)
Vanessa Wood

Indonesia,
Regional Issues
& East Timor
Branch (INB)
Assistant
Secretary
Tom Connor
APc & ARF Section
(AAR)
Keith Scott
Indonesia Political &
Strategic Section
(INA)
Greg Ralph
Indonesia Economic
& East Timor
Section (IET)
Richard Rodgers
ASEAN & EAS
Section (AES)
A/g Stephanie
Aeuckens
Australia-Indonesia
Institute (AII)
Vanessa Wood

International
Organisations &
Legal Division
(ILD)
First Assistant
Secretary
Deborah Stokes
Senior Legal
Adviser (SLA)
Richard Rowe
Ambassador for
People Smuggling
Issues
James Larsen
UN Security
Council Task
Force (UTF)
First Assistant
Secretary (Head)
Caroline Millar
Assistant
Secretary
Anne Moores
Director
Julia Feeney

International
Legal Branch
(ILB)
Assistant
Secretary
Greg French
International Law
Section (INT)
Andrew Rose
Sea Law,
Environment Law &
Antarctic Section
(SEL)
Stephanie Werner
Treaties Secretariat
(TSC)
David Mason
Sanctions &
Transnational Crime
Section (STC)
Peter Scott

Domestic Legal
Branch (DLB)
Assistant
Secretary
Dominic Trindade
General Litigation,
Corporate and
Commercial Law
Section (GCL)
A/g Emil Stojanovski

International
Organisations
Branch (IOB)
Assistant
Secretary
Jon Philp

Senior Staff
Counsellor (SCO)
Peter Murphy
Principal Medical
Adviser (MDU)
Kerry McMiken

Financial Training &

Travel Section (FTT)
Frank Evatt

Solomon Islands
Section (SOI)
Alison Duncan

South-East Asia
Division (SED)
First Assistant
Secretary
Rod Smith

Freedom of
Information and
Privacy Law Section
(FPL)
David Yardley

Council for
Australian-Arab
Relations (CAAR)
Wanda Oram-Miles

Procurement &
Contracts
Governance Section
(PGS)
Murali Venugopal

Pacific Bilateral
Section (PBS)
Tony Huber

Australian
Passport Office
(APO)
Executive Director
Penny Williams

Consular, Passports
and Protocol Law
Section (CPL)
Elizabeth Day

Iraq & Gulf States

Section (IGS)
Bernard Lynch

Budget
Development
Section (BDS)
David Jessup

Pacific Islands
Branch (PIB)
Assistant
Secretary
Stephen Gee

Papua New Guinea &

Torres Strait Section
(PNG)
Steven Barraclough

Levant & Iran

Section (LIS)
Greg Wilcock

Financial
Management
Branch (FMB)
Assistant
Secretary
Vacant

Pacific Division
(PAD)
First Assistant
Secretary
Jennifer Rawson

Financial
Services &
Performance
Branch (FSB)
Assistant
Secretary
David Lawrence
Financial Policy &
Treasury Section
(FPT)
Nick Williams
Management
Information Systems
Section (MIS)
Shane Hend
Financial
Performance
Section (FPS)
Corinne McDonald

United Nations &

Commonwealth
Section (UNC)
Melissa ORourke
Human Rights &
Indigenous Issues
Section (HRI)
Sarah de Zoeten
People Smuggling,
Refugees &
Immigration Section
(PRI)
Catherine Dobbin

Environment
Branch (ENB)
Assistant
Secretary
Chris Cannan
Marine Environment
Section (MES)
Kirsty McNeil
Climate Change &
Environment
Section (CCE)
Michelle Manson

Consular, Public
Diplomacy &
Parliamentary
Affairs Division
(CPD)
First Assistant
Secretary
Patrick Suckling
Consular
Operations
Branch (CNB)
Assistant
Secretary
David Binns
Consular
Emergency Centre
(CEC)
Caroline Golding
Consular Operations
Section A (CSA)
Anne Giles
Consular Operations
Section B (CSB)
Claire McComish

Consular Policy
Branch (CPB)
Assistant
Secretary
Paula Ganly
Consular
Information Section
(CIN)
Simon Twisk
Crisis Management
& Contingency
Planning Section
(CMS)
David Windsor
Consular Policy &
Training Section
(CTS)
Alison Purnell

Public
Diplomacy &
Information
Branch (PDB)
Assistant
Secretary
Ruth Pearce
Cultural Diplomacy
Section (CDS)
Tanya Bennett
Advocacy
Strategies, Media &
Events Section
(AME)
Jill Collins
Historical
Publications &
Information Section
(HPI)
David Lee
Australia Awards
Secretariat (SAA)
Peter MacFarlane
HV Evatt Library
(LBY)
Marisa Vearing

Parliamentary &
Media Branch
(PMB)
Assistant
Secretary
Simon Merrifield
Ministerial Cabinet &
Parliamentary
Services Section
(MCP)
Eric van der Wal
Media Liaison
Section (MLS)
John Williams
Website
Management
Section (WMS)
Natalie Grant

Australia
Network
Secretariat (ANS)
Director
Guy OBrien

YEOSU Expo
2012 Secretariat
(YSE)
Assistant
Secretary
Kevin Nixon
Director
Darren Sharp

Secretary
Dennis Richardson

Deputy Secretary
Paul Grigson

South & West Asia & Middle East Division (SMD)

First Assistant Secretary

David Stuart

South & Central Asia Branch (SCB)

Mark Pierce

Pakistan & Afghanistan Branch (PAB)

Jon Merrill

Middle East Branch (MEB)

Deputy Secretary
Bruce Gosper

Deputy Secretary
Gillian Bird
ASEAN Ambassador

Deputy Secretary
Heather Smith

Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN)

South-East Asia Division (SED)

North Asia Division (NAD)

First Assistant Secretary

Hamish McCormick

Agriculture & Food Branch (AGB)

Remo Moretta

Services & Intellectual Property Branch (SSB)

George Mina

Lynette Wood
Trade Commitments Branch (TCB)

First Assistant Secretary

Jennifer Rawson

Pacific Islands Branch (PIB)

WTO Trade Law Branch (TLB)

Vacant
James Baxter

Andrew Goledzinowski

Papua New Guinea & Fiji Branch (PNB)

Jeremy Bruer

Europe Division (EUD)

First Assistant Secretary

Jeremy Newman

EU & Western Europe Branch (EWB)

Northern, Southern & Eastern
Europe Branch (NSB)

Peter Doyle
Paul Myler

Allan McKinnon

Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism

Counter-Terrorism Branch (CTB)
Strategic Issues & Intelligence
Branch (SIB)

Bill Paterson
Peter Shannon

First Assistant Secretary

Special Negotiator

Jan Adams
Michael Mugliston
Frances Lisson

South-East Asia Goods Branch (SGB)

Milton Churche

G20 & International Economy

Branch (IEB)

Protocol Branch (PRB)

North East Asia Branch (NEB)

First Assistant Secretary

Alison Burrows
Ravi Kewalram
Craig Chittick

Christopher Langman
John Larkin
A/g Jon Richardson
Rhonda Piggott

Sally Mansfield

Diplomatic & Consular Accreditation

Section (DCA)

Ross Westcott

Protection, Privileges & Immunities

Section (PPI)

Mark Donovan

Ambassador for People Smuggling

Issues

Richard Rowe
Caroline Millar

Graeme Wilson

Australia in the Asian Century Secretariat (AAC)

Les Luck

Anne Moores

James Larsen

Domestic Legal Branch (DLB)

Greg French
Dominic Trindade

International Organisations Branch (IOB)

Environment Branch (ENB)

Jon Philp
Chris Cannan

Consular, Public Diplomacy & Parliamentary Affairs

Division (CPD)
First Assistant Secretary

Patrick Suckling

Consular Operations Branch (CNB)

David Binns

Consular Policy Branch (CPB)

Paula Ganly

Public Diplomacy & Information Branch (PDB)

Ruth Pearce
Parliamentary & Media Branch (PMB)

Simon Merrifield

Americas & Africa Division (AAD)

Chief Finance Officer (CFO)

Africa Branch (AFB)

Dave Sharma

International Security Division (ISD)

First Assistant Secretary

Allan McKinnon

Arms Control & Counter-Proliferation

Branch (ACB)
Strategic Issues &
Intelligence Branch (SIB)

Jeff Robinson
Jane Hardy

Australian Safeguards & Non-Proliferation Office

(ASNO)
Director General

Robert Floyd

Guy OBrien

John Kalish

The Director General of ASNO is a Statutory Officer responsible to

Financial Management Branch (FMB)

Financial Services & Performance
Branch (FSB)
Diplomatic Security Branch (DSB)

Chris Moraitis
Ann Thorpe
Mal Skelly
Andrew Todd

Assistant Secretary

Kevin Nixon

Australian Passport Office (APO)

Executive Director

Penny Williams

Vacant
David Lawrence
Stuart Page

Bryce Hutchesson

Passport Business Improvement &

Technology Branch (PBB)
Passport Client Services Branch (PCB)

Ross Tysoe
Graeme Swift

Trade and Economic Policy Division

(TED)
First Assistant Secretary
G20 & International Economy
Branch (IEB)

Executive Director

Peter Davin

Project Management Branch (PPB)

Keith Harmsworth

Property Services & Alliance

Management Branch (ALB)

Stephen Candotti

Property Strategy Branch (PFB)

Barry Jackson

Christopher Langman
Rhonda Piggott

Information Management & Technology

Division (IMD)
Chief Information Officer

John Feakes

John Richardson

the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Overseas Property Office and Services (OPO)

Assistant Secretary

Libby Schick

Canada & Latin America Branch (CLB)

Yeosu Expo 2012 Secretariat (YSE)

Staffing Branch (SFB)

Policy Planning Branch (PLB)

Justin Brown

United States Branch (USB)

Assistant Secretary

Corporate Management Division (CMD)

Remuneration & Post Management

Branch (RPB)

Assistant Secretary

Head

First Assistant Secretary

Director

First Assistant Secretary

Executive, Planning & Evaluation

Branch (EXB)

Gerald Thomson

Deborah Stokes

Australia Network Secretariat (ANS)

Chief of Protocol

John Langtry

Global China Dialogue Secretariat (SDC)

International Legal Branch (ILB)

Trade & Economic Policy Division (TED)

Trade Competitiveness & Advocacy

Branch (CAB)

Peter Rowe

East Asia Branch (EAB)

Head

North Asia Goods Branch (NGB)

North Asia Investment & Services
Branch (NIB)
FTA Legal Counsel Branch (LCB)
South-East Asia Investment & Services
Branch (AIB)

First Assistant Secretary

First Assistant Secretary

Tom Connor

International Organisations & Legal Division (ILD)

UN Security Council Task Force (UTF)

APEC Branch (APB)

Jane Hardy

Indonesia, Regional Issues & East

Timor Branch (INB)

Rod Smith
Bassim Blazey

Free Trade Agreement Division (FTD)

International Security Division (ISD)

First Assistant Secretary

South-East Asia Bilateral Branch (SBB)

Senior Legal Adviser (SLA)

UN Security Council Task Force (UTF)

Stephen Gee

Pacific Regional & New Zealand

Branch (PZB)

First Assistant Secretary

Elizabeth Ward

Trade Policy Issues & Industrials Branch (TIB)

Pacific Division (PAD)

Executive Structure
February 2012

ICT Planning & Development

Branch (IPB)
ICT Services Branch (ISB)
ICT Review Taskforce (ICTTF)

Tuan Dao
A/g Richard Addiscott
Kevin OHanlon
David Nethery

February 2012
Deputy Secretary
Heather Smith

North Asia Division

(NAD)
First Assistant Secretary
Peter Rowe

Americas and Africa

Division (AAD)
First Assistant Secretary
Justin Brown

East Asia Branch

(EAB)
Assistant Secretary
John Langtry

United States Branch

(USB)
Assistant Secretary
Libby Schick

China Economic &

Trade Section (CET)
Margaret Bowen

US Political &
Strategic Section
(UPS)
A/g Bartek Raszewski

China Political &

External Section
(CPE)
Peter Roggero
Australia-China
Council (ACC)
Phillip Ivanov
Hong Kong, Macau &
Taiwan Section (HMT)
Jurek Juszczyk

North East Asia

Branch (NEB)
Assistant Secretary
Gerald Thomson
Japan Section (JPN)
A/g Darren Hansen
Australia-Japan
Foundation (AJF)
Sheree Minehan
Korean Peninsula &
Mongolia Section
(KOR)
John Pilbeam
Australia-Korea
Foundation (AKF)
A/g Tomoko Nordling

Global China
Dialogue Secretariat
(SDC)
Head
Graeme Wilson

International Security
Trade and Economic
Division (ISD)
Policy Division (TED)
First Assistant Secretary First Assistant Secretary
Allan McKinnon
Christopher Langman
Arms Control &
Counter-Proliferation
Branch (ACB)
Assistant Secretary
Jeff Robinson

G20 & International

Economy
Branch (IEB)
Assistant Secretary
Rhonda Piggott

Arms Control Section

(ACS)
Terry Beven

G20 Section (GTS)

Tracy Reid

US Trade Section
(UTS)
Cathy Johnstone

Counter-Proliferation
Section (CPS)
John Tilemann

Canada & Latin

America Branch
(CLB)
Assistant Secretary
John Richardson

Strategic Issues &

Intelligence Branch
(SIB)
Assistant Secretary
Jane Hardy
Regional & National
Security Section
(RNS)
Jo Cowley
Defence & Strategic
Policy Section (DSP)
Sean Kelly

Canada, Mexico,
Central America &
the Caribbean
Section (CCS)
Rowena Thompson
South America &
COALAR Section
(SAS)
Chris Munn
Council for AustraliaLatin America
Relations (CLR)
Geraldine Tyson

Australian Safeguards
Information
& Non-Proliferation
Management &
Office (ASNO)
Technology Division
Director General
(IMD)
Robert Floyd
Chief Information Officer
Tuan Dao
Australian
Safeguards & NonProliferation Office
(ASNO)
Assistant Secretary
John Kalish
Chemical Weapons
Convention
Implementation
Section (CWS)
Josephine Meyer
IAEA Safeguards
Section (ISS)
Craig Everton
Nuclear Security
Section (NSS)
Stephan Bayer
Bilateral Safeguards
Section (BSS)
Vanessa Masters
CTBT & Disarmament
Section (DCS)
Malcolm Coxhead
Non-Proliferation
Section (NPS)
Vacant

ICT Planning &

Development Branch
(IPB)
Assistant Secretary
A/g Richard Addiscott
Application
Development Section
(ADS)
A/g Brent George
Network
Development Section
(NDS)
Ian Constantine
Post Infrastructure
Development Section
(PDS)
Stuart Jenkinson
Systems
Development Section
(SDS)
A/g Angela Macarlino
Strategic Planning &
Executive Support
Section (SPE)
A/g Jenny Hanna
ICT Services Branch
(ISB)
Assistant Secretary
Kevin OHanlon
ICT Client Services
Section (CSS)
A/g Gerard Andrew

Africa Branch (AFB)

Assistant Secretary
Dave Sharma

ICT Desktop
Applications, Server &
Systems Operations
Section (DSS)
Debbie McEwan

East, West &

Regional Africa
Section (EWA)
Lara Nassau

ICT Compliance Section

(ICS)
Denis Whitford

Southern & Central

Africa Section (SCA)
Erika Thompson

ICT Finance
Management Section
(IFS)
Patrick Maher

Deputy Head
Richard Neumann

ICT Networks &

Telecommunications
Management Section
(NTS)
A/g Cameron Marshall

Australia in the
Asian Century
Secretariat (AAC)
Head
Les Luck

ICT Transition
Contingency Planning
and Regional Support
Section (TRS)
A/g Adrian Dawson

ICT Review Task Force

(ICTTF)

Assistant Secretary
David Nethery

Passport Systems &

Technology Section
(PST)
A/g Tony OSullivan
Corporate Records
Section (COR)
Kathy Nelson

February 2012

Deputy Secretary
Paul Grigson

Pacific Division (PAD)

First Assistant Secretary
Jennifer Rawson

Pacific Islands Branch (PIB)

Assistant Secretary
Stephen Gee
Pacific Bilateral Section
(PBS)
Tony Huber
Solomon Islands Section
(SOI)
Alison Duncan

Pacific Regional & New

Zealand Branch (PZB)
Assistant Secretary
Andrew Goledzinowski
PACER Plus Section (PES)
Michael Dean

South & West Asia & Middle

East Division (SMD)
First Assistant Secretary
David Stuart

Europe Division (EUD)

First Assistant Secretary
Jeremy Newman

South & Central Asia Branch

(SCB)
Assistant Secretary
Mark Pierce

EU & Western Europe

Branch (EWB)
Assistant Secretary
Peter Doyle
European Union Section
(EUS)
Jeremy Kruse

India Political, Sri Lanka &

Bangladesh Section (IBS)
Richard Mathews
India Economic & Regional
Section (IER)
Victoria Walker
India Strategies Unit (ISU)
Kayzad Namdarin
Australia-India Council
Secretariat (AIC)
John Fisher

New Zealand Section (NZS)

Kristina Hickey

Pakistan & Afghanistan

Branch (PAB)
Assistant Secretary
Jon Merrill

Pacific Regional Section

(PRS)
Sophia McIntyre

Pakistan Section (PAK)

Jane Lambert

Papua New Guinea & Fiji

Branch (PNB)
Assistant Secretary
Jeremy Bruer

Afghanistan International
Section (AFI)
Genevieve Clune

Papua New Guinea & Torres

Strait Section (PNG)
Steven Barraclough
Fiji Section (FJS)
Kate Logan

Afghanistan Domestic
Section (AFD)
Bernard Philip

International Security Division

(ISD)
First Assistant Secretary
Allan McKinnon
Ambassador for CounterTerrorism
Bill Paterson

Counter-Terrorism Branch
(CTB)
Assistant Secretary
Peter Shannon

Europe Trade Section

(ETS)
James Wiblin

Counter-Terrorism Policy
Section (CTP)
Paula Watt

Western Europe Section

(WES)
Daniel Emery

Counter-Terrorism
Cooperation Section (CTC)
Glenn White

Northern, Southern & Eastern

Europe Branch (NSB)
Assistant Secretary
Paul Myler

Counter-Terrorism Activities
Section (CTA)
Andrew Barnes

Southern Europe Section

(SEU)
Sean Singh

Strategic Issues &

Intelligence Branch (SIB)
Assistant Secretary
Jane Hardy

Northern, Central & Eastern

Europe Section (NCE)
Rowan Ainsworth

Intelligence Policy & Liaison

Section (IPL)
Susan Langford

Middle East Branch (MEB)

Assistant Secretary
Lynette Wood
North Africa & Arab League
Section (NAS)
Marnie Wright
Levant & Iran Section (LIS)
Greg Wilcock
Iraq & Gulf States Section
(IGS)
Bernard Lynch
Council for Australian-Arab
Relations (CAAR)
Wanda Oram-Miles

Protocol Branch (PRB)

Chief of Protocol
Sally Mansfield
Diplomatic & Consular
Accreditation Section (DCA)
Ross Westcott
Protection, Privileges &
Immunities Section (PPI)
Mark Donovan

February 2012
Deputy Secretary
Bruce Gosper

Office of Trade
Negotiations (OTN)
First Assistant Secretary
Hamish McCormick

Agriculture & Food Branch

(AGB)
Assistant Secretary
Remo Moretta

Trade & Economic Policy

Division (TED)
First Assistant Secretary
Christopher Langman

APEC Branch (APB)

Assistant Secretary
John Larkin

Agricultural Policy &

Negotiations Section (APU)
Robin McKenzie

APEC Reform, Security &

Economic & Technical
Cooperation Section (RSE)
Leslie Williams

Food Trade & Quarantine

Section (FTQ)
Jane Parlett

APEC Trade & Investment

Section (ATI)
A/g Heath McMichael

Services & Intellectual

Property Branch (SSB)
Assistant Secretary
George Mina

APEC Regional Economic

Integration Section (REI)
Vacant

Services Trade &

Negotiations Section (STS)
Helen Stylianou

Trade Competitiveness &

Advocacy Branch (CAB)
Assistant Secretary
A/g Jon Richardson

International Intellectual
Property Section (IPS)
Lloyd Brodrick

Trade Competitiveness
Section (TCS)
Andrew Ford

Trade Policy Issues &

Industrials Branch (TIB)
Assistant Secretary
Vacant
Industrials, Market Access &
Accessions Section (INM)
Andrew Jory
Trade Policy Section (TPS)
Kylie Oakes-Ati

WTO Trade Law Branch (TLB)

Assistant Secretary
James Baxter
WTO Disputes Special
Advisers Section (WDI)
Elizabeth Young
Subsidies & Trade Remedies
Section (WTR)
Russell Wild
WTO Disputes Section (WDS)
Rosemary Morris-Castico
WTO Quarantine Disputes
Section (WQD)
A/g Margaret Durnan

Market Information &

Research Section (MIR)
A/g Brent Perkins
Trade Advocacy & Outreach
Section (TAO)
Nancy Gordon
Resources & Business
Liaison Section (RBS)
A/g Eleanor Flowers
G20 & International Economy
Branch (IEB)
Assistant Secretary
Rhonda Piggott
International Economy
Section (IES)
Evanor Palac-McMiken
Trade Finance Section (TFS)
Angela McGrath
International Financial &
Economic Organisations
Section (EOS)
Janaline Oh
OECD & UNCTAD Unit (OEU)
Leanne Caflisch

Free Trade Agreement

Division (FTD)
First Assistant Secretary
Jan Adams

Corporate Management
Division (CMD)
First Assistant Secretary
Chris Moraitis

Special Negotiator
Michael Mugliston

Chief Finance Officer

Ann Thorpe

Director
Ken Gordon

Management Strategy,
Conduct & Diversity Section
(MCS)
Luke Williams
Conduct & Ethics Unit (CEU)
Gary Williams

Director Agriculture &

Coordinator Japan
John Watts

Workplace Diversity Unit

(WDU)
Vacant

North Asia Goods Branch

(NGB)
Assistant Secretary
Frances Lisson

North Asia Investment &

Services Branch (NIB)
Assistant Secretary
Alison Burrows
Director
Jane Ogge-Cowan
Director Coordinator Korea
Dene Yeaman

FTA Legal Counsel Branch

(LCB)
Assistant Secretary
Ravi Kewalram
Director
Ian MacIntosh
Director Coordinator China
Jennifer Meehan

Tobacco Plain Packaging

Taskforce
Principal Legal Officer
Richard Braddock

Project Management Team A

(APM)
Bina Chandra
Project Management Team B
(BPM)
Vacant
Project Capital Budgets
(CBS)
Rod Maley
Property Services & Alliance
Management Branch (ALB)
Assistant Secretary
Stephen Candotti
Corporate Services Section
(OMS)
Geoff Brooks
Estate Management Section
(EMS)
Lisa Usback

Conditions of Service Section

(COS)
Kym Henkee-Poole

Financial Management
Section (FMS)
Peter English

Workplace Health &

Safety (WHS)
Helen McCaffray
Family Liaison Officer (FLO)
David Simpson

Director
Bradley Armstrong

Training Development &

Performance Management
Section (TDP)
Nigel Stanier

South-East Asia Goods

Branch (SGB)
Coordinator
Milton Churche

Project Management Branch

(PPB)
Assistant Secretary
Keith Harmsworth

Payroll Services Section

(PSS)
Graham Pearce

South-East Asia Investment &

Services Branch (AIB)
Assistant Secretary
Craig Chittick
Director
Clare Birgin

Staffing Operations Section

(SFS)
Jo Stevens

Graduate Management &

Administrative Trainees
Section (GMA)
Karinda DAloisio
Recruitment & Workforce
Planning Section (RWP)
Leah Mottram
Senior Staff Counsellor (SCO)
Peter Murphy
Principal Medical Adviser
(MDU)
Kerry McMiken

WTO Regional & Free Trade

Agreements Section (RFT)
Susan Coles

Trade & Environment Section

(TES)
Ian Turland

Post & LES Management

Issues Section (PLI)
Teresa Hart

Staffing Branch (SFB)

Assistant Secretary
Andrew Todd

Trade Commitments Branch

(TCB)
Assistant Secretary
Elizabeth Ward

FTA Commitments &

Implementation Section (FTS)
Paul Schofield

Remuneration & Post

Management Branch (RPB)
Assistant Secretary
Mal Skelly

Overseas Property Office

and Services (OPO)
Executive Director
Peter Davin

Property Strategy Branch

(PFB)
Assistant Secretary
Barry Jackson
Chancery Relocations
Section (CRS)
Leann Johnston
Asset Management &
Strategy Section (AMS)
A/g Marion Walshe
Domestic Property & Services
Section (DPS)
Rebecca Hamon
Diplomatic Security Branch
(DSB)
Assistant Secretary
Stuart Page
Security Budget Section
(SBS)
Akemi Inoue
Security Policy & Clearance
Section (SPC)
Berenice Owen-Jones
ICT Security Policy Section
(ISP)
Phong Bui

Financial Services &

Performance Branch (FSB)
Assistant Secretary
David Lawrence

Financial Management
Branch (FMB)
Assistant Secretary
Vacant

Operational Security Section

(OSS)
Lorraine Barker
Overseas Security Training
Section (OTS)
Bob Scott

Financial Policy & Treasury

Section (FPT)
Nick Williams

Budget Development Section

(BDS)
David Jessup

Security Counter-Measures
Section (SCS)
Bob Hutchinson

Management Information
Systems Section (MIS)
Shane Hend

Procurement & Contracts

Governance Section (PGS)
Murali Venugopal

Security Infrastructure
Section (SIS)
Michael McMahon

Financial Performance
Section (FPS)
Corinne McDonald

Financial Training & Travel

Section (FTT)
Frank Evatt

High-Threat Security Section

(HTS)
Bill Elischer

February 2012
Deputy Secretary
Gillian Bird
ASEAN Ambassador
Consular, Public Diplomacy
& Parliamentary Affairs
Division (CPD)
First Assistant Secretary
Patrick Suckling
Consular Operations Branch
(CNB)
Assistant Secretary
David Binns
Consular Emergency Centre
(CEC)
Caroline Golding
Consular Operations Section A
(CSA)
Anne Giles
Consular Operations Section B
(CSB)
Claire McComish

International Organisations &

Legal Division (ILD)
First Assistant Secretary
Deborah Stokes
Senior Legal Adviser (SLA)
Richard Rowe
Ambassador for People
Smuggling Issues

James Larsen
UN Security Council Task Force
(UTF)
First Assistant Secretary (Head)
Caroline Millar
Assistant Secretary
Anne Moores
Director
Julia Feeney

Consular Policy Branch (CPB)

Assistant Secretary
Paula Ganly

International Legal Branch (ILB)

Assistant Secretary
Greg French

Consular Information Section

(CIN)
Simon Twisk

International Law Section (INT)

Andrew Rose

South-East Asia Division

(SED)
First Assistant Secretary
Rod Smith
South-East Asia Bilateral
Branch (SBB)
Assistant Secretary
Bassim Blazey
Thailand, Philippines &
Cambodia Section (TPC)
Ben Playle
Malaysia, Brunei & Singapore
Section (MBS)
Warren Hauck
Vietnam, Burma & Laos
Section (VBL)
Lauren Bain
Australia-Thailand Institute (ATI)
Vanessa Wood
Australia-Malaysia Institute
(AMI)
Vanessa Wood

Sea Law, Environment Law &

Antarctic Section (SEL)
Stephanie Werner

Indonesia, Regional Issues &

East Timor Branch (INB)
Assistant Secretary
Tom Connor

Treaties Secretariat (TSC)

David Mason

APc & ARF Section (AAR)

Keith Scott

Consular Policy & Training

Section (CTS)
Alison Purnell

Sanctions & Transnational

Crime Section (STC)
Peter Scott

Indonesia Political & Strategic

Section (INA)
Greg Ralph

Public Diplomacy & Information

Branch (PDB)
Assistant Secretary
Ruth Pearce

Domestic Legal Branch (DLB)

Assistant Secretary
Dominic Trindade

Crisis Management &

Contingency Planning Section
(CMS)
David Windsor

Cultural Diplomacy Section

(CDS)
Tanya Bennett
Advocacy, Strategies, Media &
Events Section (AME)
Jill Collins
Historical Publications &
Information Section (HPI)
David Lee
Australia Awards Secretariat
(SAA)
Peter MacFarlane
HV Evatt Library (LBY)
Marisa Vearing
Parliamentary & Media Branch
(PMB)
Assistant Secretary
Simon Merrifield

General Litigation, Corporate &

Commercial Law Section (GCL)
A/g Emil Stojanovski
Consular, Passports and
Protocol Law Section (CPL)
Elizabeth Day
Freedom of Information and
Privacy Law Section (FPL)
David Yardley
International Organisations
Branch (IOB)
Assistant Secretary
Jon Philp
United Nations &
Commonwealth Section (UNC)
Melissa ORourke
Human Rights & Indigenous
Issues Section (HRI)
Sarah de Zoeten

Ministerial Cabinet &

Parliamentary Services Section
(MCP)
Eric van der Wal

People Smuggling, Refugees &

Immigration Section (PRI)
Catherine Dobbin

Media Liaison Section (MLS)

John Williams

Environment Branch (ENB)

Assistant Secretary
Chris Cannan

Web Management Section(WMS)

Natalie Grant
Australia Network Secretariat
(ANS)
Director
Guy OBrien
Yeosu Expo 2012 Secretariat
(YSE)
Assistant Secretary
Kevin Nixon
Director
Darren Sharp

Marine Environment Section

(MES)
Kirsty McNeil
Climate Change & Environment
Section (CCE)
Michelle Manson

Indonesia Economic & East

Timor Section (IET)
Richard Rodgers
ASEAN & EAS Section (AES)
A/g Stephanie Aeuckens
Australia-Indonesia Institute
(AII)
Vanessa Wood

Australian Passport Office

(APO)
Executive Director
Penny Williams
Passport Business
Improvement & Technology
Branch (PBB)
Assistant Secretary
Ross Tysoe
Passport Fraud Section (PFS)
Michael Lynch

Passport Client Services Branch

(PCB)
Assistant Secretary
Graeme Swift
Passport Operations Section
(POS)
Mark Porter
Passport Strategy, Policy &
Coordination Section (PPC)
Samantha Callinan