Mr Bruce Gosper

Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO, Geneva

Biography

Mr Bruce Gosper took up the position of Australian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in August 2005.

Mr Gosper is a senior staff member of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and prior to his appointment as Ambassador to the WTO was First Assistant Secretary, Office of Trade Negotiations.  He held this position since January 2000 and prior to this served as Minister (Commercial) at the Australian Embassy in Washington (1998-2000).  Mr Gosper has also held the positions of Senior Adviser to the Minister for Trade (1996-1998) and Assistant Secretary, Agriculture Branch, DFAT (1995).

Prior to joining the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Gosper worked for the Department of Primary Industries and Energy, where he held the position of Assistant Secretary, Meat and Livestock Branch (1992-1994), and served overseas as Counsellor (Agriculture) at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo (1989-1992). Mr Gosper has also worked for the Department of Trade and Resources (1980-1987).

Mr Gosper was born in Parramatta in 1957.  He is a graduate of Macquarie University and the University of New England.  He is married and has three sons.