Philip Turner (diplomat)

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Philip Turner (born 1960) is a New Zealand former public servant and diplomat. [1] He spent his childhood in Auckland and was educated at St Peter's College and Auckland University. [2] Turner worked for the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1986 to 1999. He held various senior management positions in Fonterra from 2000, culminating as Fonterra director of global stakeholder affairs from 2015 to 2018. Turner was the New Zealand ambassador to Korea (North Korea and South Korea), resident in Seoul from April 2018. [3] [4] His term in Seoul ended in February 2023 and he has pursued advisory, academic and journalistic activities relating to Japan, Korea and China since that time from bases in Tokyo and Wellington. [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Philip Turner: Biography", New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade website (Retrieved 17 February 2020)
  2. ↑ St Peter's College Magazine 1977, p. 23; Philip Turner, The politics of neutrality: the Catholic mission and the Maori 1838–1870, Thesis for MA in History, University of Auckland, 1986
  3. ↑ "Senior Fonterra GM jumps ship to become ambassador to Korea", NZ Herald, 5 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "Openly gay New Zealand ambassador to S. Korea attends reception with husband", Hanyoreh, 23 October 2019
  5. ↑ "Philip Turner", Asia Media Centre (Retrieved 16 December 2024)
  6. ↑ "Philip Turner", Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington (Retrieved 16 December 2024)


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