Margaret Adamson is an Australian diplomat who has served as Deputy High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea; Ambassador to Cambodia; Ambassador to Poland; Consul General to Berlin; and High Commissioner to Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Margaret Adamson is an Australian diplomat who has served as Deputy High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea; Ambassador to Cambodia; Ambassador to Poland; Consul General to Berlin; and High Commissioner to Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Adamson graduated from Australian National University with a BA in pure mathematics and psychology with a minor in Sociology in 1974 and a Diploma of Education at the University of Canberra. [1]
Adamson served in the Australian diplomatic missions to Hanoi and Vienna after graduation.[ citation needed ] From 1987 to 1991, she served as a counsellor for the Australian embassy in Bonn, and after German reunification, until 1996 in Berlin.[ citation needed ]
From 1998 to 2002, she served as Ambassador to Poland. [8] Following her return from Poland, she became a senior official within the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In 2007, she was named Ambassador to Cambodia, taking over from Lisa Filipetto. [9] She was posted as High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2015 to 2019. [10]
Adamson has used her appointments to promote initiatives serving women. [1] [2] Making use of 39 million dollars in funding the Australian government obtained through the World Bank she coordinated with the Pakistani government to create a program to increase nutrition in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with an emphasis on women and girls. [11]
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