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Mr. Christopher LANGMAN
Born in 1958, Mr. Langman holds a degree in Modern History and Mathematics from the Australian National University, which he received in 1982. In 1988 he received a scholarship to study trade issues at the London School of Economics.
Mr. Langman entered the Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1983. From 1984 to 1987 he served at the Australian Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He then returned to Canberra where he specialised in economic issues at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In 1991, he was posted to the Australian Embassy in Washington D.C. as a trade expert before becoming head of the APEC Trade and Investment Section in Canberra.
From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Langman was Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian mission to the United Nations in Geneva. He then returned to Canberra, where he focused on environmental issues. In 2002, he was appointed Australian Ambassador for the Environment with responsibility for international environmental negotiations, including climate change. In 2004, he became Australia’s Special Negotiator for Agriculture.
From mid-2005 until his nomination as Permanent Representative of Australia to the OECD, Mr. Langman was head of the Office of Trade Negotiations with responsibility for Australia’s participation in the World Trade Organisation.
Ambassador Christopher Langman took up his duties as Permanent Representative of Australia to the OECD on 21 January 2008.
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