Justin Hugh Brown PSM is a senior Australian public servant and former officer with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Brown is currently a non-executive director of Wine Australia, a statutory corporation that promotes and regulates the Australian wine industry.[1]
Diplomatic career
editFirst educated at Marist College Canberra, Brown earned a Bachelor of Economics from the University of New England.[2]
From 2004 to 2006, Brown held the post of Ambassador for the Environment and Chief Negotiator on Climate Change.[3]
Brown's posts have included First Assistant Secretary, Office of Trade Negotiations; First Assistant Secretary, Consular and Crisis Management Division; High Commissioner to Canada (2008-2011);[4] and Deputy Head of Mission, Australian Embassy, Brussels (1999–2001).[2]
In July 2015, Brown was awarded the Public Service Medal (PSM) for "outstanding public service in leading the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Canberra-based crisis response to the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17."[5]
He held the post of Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the European Union and NATO from February 2018 to January 2021.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ "Our Board - Mr Justin Brown (Australian Capital Territory)". Wine Australia. Australian Government. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Ambassador, Belgium, Luxembourg, the European Union and NATO". Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Australian Government. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ Downer, Alexander (6 February 2004). "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador For The Environment" (Press release). Australian Government. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017.
- ^ "Diplomatic Appointment - High Commissioner to Canada - The Hon Stephen Smith MP, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ "Mr Justin Hugh BROWN - Public Service Medal". AUSTRALIAN HONOURS SEARCH FACILITY. Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
For outstanding public service in leading the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Canberra-based crisis response to the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
- ^ "Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the EU and NATO - Media Release". Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ Aston, Joe (29 September 2021). "Caroline Millar to be Australia's next Ambassador to the EU". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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