Mr Philip Green OAM
High Commissioner to South Africa
Biography
Philip Green is a senior Australian diplomat with a strong background in Africa. He has served in the Australian missions in Tanzania, Zambia, and the UK, and was from 1998 to 2000 Australia’s High Commissioner to Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda and Ambassador to Ethiopia and Eritrea.
He has also worked on African affairs in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. He escorted President Mandela on his historic first visit to Australia following his release from prison in 1990.
He has been High Commissioner to South Africa since August 2004.
Mr Green has also worked on South East Asian affairs, international law, refugee matters and intelligence. From 2000 to2001, he was Deputy Principal Member of the Refugee Review Tribunal. From 2001 to 2003, he headed the Sydney office of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In 2004, he headed the secretariat of the Inquiry into Australian Intelligence Agencies.
He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 2002 for his involvement in the response to the Bali tragedy.
Mr Green is married to Dr Grace Moshi. They have three children.
He enjoys bridge and jazz, and plays golf poorly.