AUSTRADE - Australian Trade Commission : New CEO for Austrade (Ministerial)
11/29/2012| 09:09pm US/Eastern
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Media release
30 November 2012
Trade and Competitiveness Minister Craig Emerson today
announced the appointment of Bruce Gosper as the next Chief
Executive Officer of the Australian Trade Commission
(Austrade).
Mr Gosper, who will start on 1 February 2013, has worked
extensively on Australia's trade and commercial
relationships, both in Australia and overseas. He is
currently a Deputy Secretary with the Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
In announcing Mr Gosper's appointment, Dr Emerson
congratulated and thanked Peter Grey, the outgoing CEO. He
will retire on 1 December, after more than 40 years of
government service.
Before becoming Austrade CEO, Mr Grey served as Ambassador to
Japan; Ambassador in Brussels with responsibility for the
European Union, NATO, Belgium and Luxembourg; and Ambassador
to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva. He had been
appointed Deputy Secretary to DFAT in 1994 and concurrently
was Chief Trade Negotiator and the first Ambassador for APEC.
Earlier in his career, Mr Grey had responsibility for a range
of commercial issues at the Australian Embassies in
Washington and Tokyo.
At Austrade, where he has been CEO since January 2010, Mr
Grey has developed and implemented the most far-reaching
reform in more than two decades.
"Under Peter's direction, Austrade's resources
have been more keenly focused on helping Australian
businesses break into frontier and emerging markets,
particularly in Asia," Dr Emerson said.
"This shift in focus fits with the vision set out in the
Government's Asian Century White Paper."
Mr Grey has also made a huge contribution to strengthening
Austrade's governance arrangements.
Mr Gosper brings a wealth of experience in trade negotiation
to Austrade.
As Deputy Secretary with DFAT, he is Australia's senior
trade official, with oversight over all multilateral,
regional and bilateral trade negotiations. Prior to that he
was Ambassador to the World Trade Organization, where he was
also Chair of the WTO General Council and the WTO Dispute
Settlement Body. Mr Gosper has been head of DFAT's Office
of Trade Negotiations, an adviser to the Minister for Trade,
and held senior diplomatic appointments as Minister
(Commercial) in Washington, and Agricultural Counsellor in
Tokyo. He previously worked on trade and commercial issues in
the Department of Primary Industries and Energy and the
Department of Trade and Resources.
He is a graduate of Macquarie University and the University
of New England.
Media enquiries
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Minister Emerson's Office: (02) 6277 7420
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DFAT Media Liaison: (02) 6261 1555
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