Mr Doug Foskett
High Commissioner to Bangladesh
Biography
Mr Foskett is a career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He was most recently Director, Consular Operations Section, a position he had held since December 2004. Prior to this he was Director, Ministerial, Cabinet and Parliamentary Services Section (2003-04). He has also held a range of positions in Canberra including in the Staffing and Executive Branches.
Overseas Mr Foskett has served as First Secretary, Australian Embassy, Rangoon (1997-2000); Second Secretary, Australian High Commission, Suva (1992-94); Exchange Officer, New Zealand Ministry of External Relations, Wellington (1991); and Third Secretary, Australian High Commission, Port Louis (1987-90). Before joining the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1986, Mr Foskett held a variety of positions in the private sector.
Mr Foskett was born in Melbourne in 1953. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Diploma of Education from Latrobe University. He is married with three children.