Deborah Stokes, BA Hons (Adel) and M.Phil (Cantab), has extensive experience in government and international relations at senior executive levels. Deborah was Vice-President of the Asian Development Bank which has development operations in more than 35 countries in the Asia-Pacific. Prior to this, Deborah held senior positions in Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade including as High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Ambassador in Vienna serving also as Australia’s Governor on the Board of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Deputy Ambassador in Tokyo, and head of the UN and international legal affairs division in Canberra.
(Deborah Stokes is based in ACT and joined the Board on 26th August 2021. Deborah is Chair of the Policy and Campaigns Committee.)