Ms Anita Butler
Consul-General in Noumea, New Caledonia
Biography
Ms Butler is a career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Overseas, Ms Butler has served as Deputy Head of Mission in Honiara (2002-05) and Second Secretary in Hanoi (1999‑2002). In Canberra, Ms Butler was Director, Pacific Bilateral Section (2007), Director, Solomon Islands Section (2005‑07) and has held positions in the South and South East Asia, and International Organisations and Legal Divisions.
Ms Butler holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Adelaide, a Masters of Arts (Foreign Affairs and Trade) from Monash University, and a Master of Arts (Applied Linguistics) from the University of New England. She speaks French, Vietnamese and Solomon Islands Pijin.