Claire Rochecouste | |
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Australian Ambassador to Portugal | |
In office 28 June 2019 – 30 September 2022 | |
Preceded by | Peter Rayner |
Succeeded by | Indra McCormick |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Senior career officer with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Profession | Diplomat |
Claire Rochecouste is an Australian career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She served as the Australian Ambassador to Portugal, Cabo Verde, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe between 2019[1] and 2022. Before that, she was the Director of the Levant and Iran Section.[2]
Rochecouste earned a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School (attended with a "prestigious RG Menzies Scholarship to Harvard for 2017"),[3] Bachelor of Business from Monash University and Bachelor of Arts from the University of Melbourne.[2]