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Our agriculture counsellors

We have a network of agriculture counsellors based around the world in key trade locations. They promote Australia’s agricultural interests, and help our agricultural sector grow.

Our agriculture counsellors work with our biosecurity, exports and trade and market access teams. Together, they improve and maintain market access for Australian agricultural exports.

They:

  • explore and develop new market openings for Australian farmers and exporters
  • maintain existing market access
  • improve technical market access
  • provide market intelligence
  • manage sensitive policy issues
  • represent Australia at meetings and negotiations
  • resolve issues when Australian agricultural goods arrive at their foreign destination.

Overseas Network Review

In 2020, an Overseas Network review was undertaken to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the network and make recommendations on how to optimise its effectiveness with regards to future roles, locations and the levels of Counsellor Network positions.

The findings of this review can be found below.

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Overseas Posts Network Review (PDF 871 KB)
Overseas Posts Network Review (DOCX 1.8 MB)

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Where are they?

We base them in key trade markets for Australia. This includes Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. In some cases they have a broader regional coverage beyond the countries in which they are based.

A world map showing post locations and markets for Australia's international agriculture representation.
Country of Location Officer Name Officer Position Email
Belgium Jo Grainger Minister Counsellor Joanna.Grainger@dfat.gov.au
Belgium Erin Tomkinson Counsellor Erin.Tomkinson@dfat.gov.au
Chile Ian Mortimer Counsellor Ian.Mortimer@dfat.gov.au
China Deb Langford Minister Counsellor Debbie.Langford@dfat.gov.au
China Leah Cuttriss Counsellor Leah.Cuttriss@dfat.gov.au
India Kiran Karamil Counsellor Kiran.Karamil@dfat.gov.au
Indonesia Dean Merrilees Minister Counsellor Dean.Merrilees@dfat.gov.au
Indonesia Dane Roberts Counsellor Dane.Roberts@dfat.gov.au
Italy Lynda Hayden Counsellor Lynda.Hayden@dfat.gov.au
Japan Thomas Krijnen Counsellor Thomas.Krijnen@dfat.gov.au
Japan Thomas Parnell Counsellor Thomas.Parnell@dfat.gov.au
Malaysia Sanjay Boothalingam Counsellor Sanjay.Boothalingam@dfat.gov.au
Mexico Kate Makin Counsellor Kate.Makin@dfat.gov.au
Saudi Arabia Samareh Naeemi Hosseini First Secretary Samareh.Hosseininaeemi@dfat.gov.au
South Korea Emma Hatcher Counsellor Emma.Hatcher@dfat.gov.au
Thailand Amber Parr Counsellor Amber.Parr@dfat.gov.au
UAE Jim Paradice Counsellor Jim.Paradice@dfat.gov.au
UK Kieran Macdonell Counsellor Kieran.Macdonell@dfat.gov.au
USA Matthew Worrell Minister Counsellor Matthew.Worrell@dfat.gov.au
USA Jesse Mahoney Counsellor Jesse.Mahoney@dfat.gov.au
Vietnam Tony Harman Counsellor Tony.Harman@dfat.gov.au

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