Richard Woolcott

Richard Woolcott AC was Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 1988 to 1992. Prior to that he served as Commissioner in Singapore, High Commissioner in Ghana, Ambassador to the Philippines, Ambassador to Indonesia, Deputy to the High Commissioner in Malaysia, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1982-1988), and as a member of the Advisory Panel for the first Government White Paper on Foreign and Trade Policy (1997). He divides his time between Sydney and Canberra.