Foreign Minister Bishop has announced Ms Amanda Gorely as Australia's next Ambassador to the Philippines.
Ms Gorely is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She is currently Corporate Counsel and head of the Corporate Legal Branch, a position she has held since 2012. She has previously served overseas as Deputy High Commissioner at the Australian High Commission in Wellington and Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, with earlier postings in Stockholm and Copenhagen.
In Canberra, Ms Gorely has served also as Assistant Secretary, WTO Trade Law Branch; Director, International Law Section; and Director, Human Rights and Indigenous Issues Section.
Media release: Ambassador to the Philippines