Trudy Witbreuk

Until December 2022, Ms Witbreuk was a senior government official with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She has extensive experience in international diplomacy and trade negotiations, including serving as a Chief Trade Negotiator. Ms Witbreuk served in Australian Embassies, including leading the Australian Mission in Brussels in 2021. She held a senior position at the OECD in Paris and was Australia’s Deputy Permanent Representative in Geneva. She was also posted in Washington and Cairo and worked with the UN in Sudan and the Gaza Strip. She is on the Tasmanian Women’s Council, is the on the Board of the Australia Indonesia Business Council, is an Executive Board member of Care for Africa and is a member of the International Women’s Forum. Having grown up in Hobart, she returned to Tasmania in 2022.