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Mr. Chris BARRETT

Mr. Barrett was born in 1969 and holds a Bachelor of Commerce, a Bachelor of Arts with Honours and a Masters in International Relations from the University of Melbourne, as well as a Masters in Public Policy from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Mr. Barrett began his career with the Boston Consulting Group in Melbourne, where he worked from 1992 to 1996. From 1996 to 2002, he served as a senior adviser to then Opposition Leader the Honourable Kim Beazley MP. Between 2003 and 2007, Mr. Barrett held several positions with the Department of Premier and Cabinet in the State Government of Victoria, culminating as Deputy Secretary and Head of Cabinet Office. In 2007, he was appointed Chief of Staff to the Treasurer of Australia, the Honourable Wayne Swan MP, where he served until 2010.

Before his nomination as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Australia to the OECD,
Mr. Barrett was Australian Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC.

Ambassador Chris Barrett took up his duties as Permanent Representative of Australia to the OECD on 23 August 2011.

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