Veronique Ingram,

Ms Veronique Ingram took up her duties as Australia’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OECD on 19 January 2005.

Ms Ingram held the position of General Manager, Financial System Division, Australian Treasury from November 2003 to December 2004.   The Financial System Division is responsible for providing advice to Government Ministers on the operation of the Australian financial system, including the regulatory/legislative framework underpinning the prudential regulations of banking, superannuation and insurance.

For two years prior to this, Ms Ingram was the Chief Adviser, International, in the Treasury with responsibility for advising the Government in relation to international economic developments and policy issues and Australia’s participation in the IMF, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, the OECD, APEC and the G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers.   She was also head of the Corporate Governance and Accounting Policy Division from March 1996 to November 2001.

Prior to joining Treasury, Ms Ingram was an officer of the Attorney-General’s Department which she joined in May 1983.

Ms Ingram has most recently held the position of Chair of the OECD Steering Group in Corporate Governance which updated the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance endorsed by Ministers in May 2004.  She has also been actively involved in the Financial Stability Forum’s work on standards and codes and APEC’s work on corporate governance and financial reporting.

Ms Ingram has degrees in Political Science and Law from the Australian National University and is married with one daughter.