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Patricia Holmes
Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chief Trade Law Officer, First Assistant Secretary
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Ms Patricia Holmes is the First Assistant Secretary and Chief Trade Law Officer of the Trade Law and Economic Security Division at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Until January 2022, Ms Holmes was the Deputy Permanent Representative of Australia to the WTO, UNCTAD and WIPO. Ms Holmes’ previous positions include Assistant Secretary, Trade and Investment Law Branch and Assistant Secretary, FTA Legal Counsel Branch.
Ms Holmes was Australia’s Ambassador to Argentina from November 2011 to December 2014. Most recently, she served as chargé d'affaires of the Australian Embassy in Mexico March 2023-August 2023. Ms Holmes has previously served in Geneva WTO (Counsellor 2006-2009), PNG (First Secretary 1998-2000) and Vanuatu (Third, later Second, Secretary 1994-1996).
Ms Holmes holds a Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Law (Hons) degree from Macquarie University; a Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies from the University of Technology, Sydney; and a Masters of Laws in Environmental Law from the ANU. Ms Holmes was admitted to the Bar of NSW and the ACT in 1992 and holds an ACT government practicing certificate.
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