Ms Margaret Twomey
Ambassador to Russia
Biography
Ms Twomey is an experienced career diplomat with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was most recently Australia’s Ambassador to East Timor (2004-08), where she served with distinction during a challenging period.
Ms Twomey has also served overseas as Deputy High Commissioner in Suva (2000-02), First Secretary and Counsellor in London (1995-2000) and Third, later Second Secretary in Belgrade (1990-92).
In Canberra, Ms Twomey has held a range of positions including Assistant Secretary, Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe Branch (2002-04), Executive Officer, Strategic Assessments Branch (1994-95) and Desk Officer, East Europe Section (1988-89). From 1992 until 1994, Ms Twomey was an analyst in the Office of National Assessments.
Born in 1963, Ms Twomey has an honours degree in Arts (Russian and French) from the University of Melbourne and speaks Russian.