Practice & experience
Diplomacy & negotiations
Legal and diplomatic career with the New Zealand foreign service, 1988–2015, reaching the highest levels in government.
Ambassador to Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
High Commissioner to Samoa.
Negotiations
"International law is central to addressing today's contemporary global challenges."
New Zealand Head of Delegation to numerous multilateral and bilateral negotiations, including:
Ad Hoc Informal Working Group on Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction;
Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute;
Bilateral diplomatic assurances in relation to extradition with China;
FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing;
Cape Town Agreement of 2012 relating to the Safety of Fishing Vessels
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention;
South Pacific Driftnet Fishing Convention.