Robyn Mudie is First Assistant Secretary in the Southeast Asia Regional Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and former Ambassador to Vietnam Australia’s former ambassador to Vietnam. She was most recently the founding Executive Director of the Diplomatic Academy. She has previously served overseas as Australian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and Maldives; Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (Geneva); First Secretary, UN Permanent Mission, New York; and Second Secretary, Hanoi. In Canberra Ms Mudie has served as Assistant Secretary, Public Diplomacy Branch; Assistant Secretary, Information Resources Branch; and Director, Strategic Policy Section.