Guest Speaker:
Alison Mann
Divisional Manager, Asia Regional Division, MFAT
Event Date: Wednesday 25th September 2019
Event Time: 5:30 pm-7:00 pm
Event Location:
Bell Gully
Level 21, HP Tower, 171 Featherston Street, Wellington, 6011.
Please note no building access after 6pm.
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Alison Mann leads the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Asia Regional Division. She has a trade policy background, with extensive experience in the Australian and North Asian markets in particular. She has been posted to Seoul, to Beijing and Canberra as Deputy Head of Mission, and to Brazil as New Zealand Ambassador. She has also worked in the Australia, North Asia and Trade Negotiations Divisions in Wellington, as well as a stint as the Ministry’s internal auditor. As a trade negotiator, she managed New Zealand’s bilateral negotiations on the WTO accessions of China and Chinese Taipei, and was New Zealand’s Lead Negotiator for the bilateral FTA with Korea.
