Sarah Storey has taken over as the new Deputy High Commissioner of Australia to India. She will be based in New Delhi.
About Sarah Storey
Ms Storey is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She commenced as the Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian High Commission in New Delhi in December 2021. Before taking up her current role, Ms Storey was Minister-Counsellor (Congressional Liaison) at Australia’s Embassy in Washington, D.C. Previously, she worked in Canberra as Assistant Secretary, Parliamentary and Media Branch; Assistant Secretary in the Consular Operations Branch; Adviser to former Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Director of the Fiji Section.
Ms Storey has undertaken previous postings as Counsellor (Political-Economic), Australian Embassy, Bangkok (2010-13); First Secretary, Australian Mission to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg (2004-7) and Third (later Second) Secretary, Australian High Commission, Port Moresby (1998-2001). Ms Storey was a member of the Bougainville Truce Monitoring Group (1997). She had previous roles in Canberra working in human resources, as Executive Officer to the DFAT Secretary, on the Indonesia desk, and on international and domestic legal matters.
Ms Storey has undertaken courses at Harvard Business School (Organizational Leadership) and Harvard Kennedy School (Leadership in Crises) and holds a Masters Degree in Arts (Foreign Affairs and Trade) from Monash University and Bachelors Degrees in Law (Hons.) and Arts (Hons.) from the University of Melbourne.
In a Tweet, Sarah says: “Thank you @AusHCIndia for your warm welcome. I am delighted to be in India to work with our fabulous team under your leadership! I also look forward to engage with my #Twitter community.”
Source- https://www.dfat.gov.au/
