Mr Paul Grigson
Ambassador to Thailand
Biography
Mr Grigson is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He was most recently the Chief of Staff to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Other positions in the Department include First Assistant Secretary, South East Asia Division (2004-07), Assistant Secretary, Maritime South-East Asia Branch (2000-03) and Director, Parliamentary Liaison and Freedom of Information Section (1992-93). Mr Grigson was also a Senior Adviser in International Division in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (1997-2000).
Overseas, Mr Grigson has served as Ambassador in Rangoon (2003-04), Chief Negotiator, Peace Monitoring Group in Bougainville (2000) and Deputy Head of Mission in Phnom Penh (1993-95).
Educated at the University of Queensland, the Australian National University and the Securities Institute of Australia, Mr Grigson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and Journalism, a Bachelor of Letters and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance. Mr Grigson is married with two children