Ms Tracy Reid
Ambassador to Croatia
Biography
Ms Reid was most recently Director, Administrative and Domestic Law Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, a position she held since 2003. She has held a range of positions in the department including Executive Officer, Consular Information and Crisis Management Section (2002-03), Executive Officer, Consular Policy Section (1997-98), Executive Officer, Canada, Latin America and Caribbean Section (1995-96), and Executive Officer, OECD Section (1993-95). From 1998 to 2001, Ms Reid worked as an Exchange Officer on secondment to the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa. Prior to joining DFAT in 1993, Ms Reid was Senior Legal Officer, ACT Attorney-General's Department (1989-93).
Ms Reid was born in George Town, Tasmania in 1963. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree from the University of Queensland and a Master of International Law degree from the Australian National University. Ms Reid speaks French. She is married and has two children.
Ms Reid was awarded a Medal in the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2003 for her role in managing the Government's consular response to the Bali bombings of October 2002.