Executive Briefing | Australia’s International Relations in 2023: Opportunities and Challenges with Richard Maude

Asia Society Australia, in partnership with the University of Adelaide, is pleased to host an Executive Briefing with Richard Maude, Executive Director of Policy at Asia Society Australia.  

As the world continues to face complex and evolving challenges, such as economic uncertainty and shifting geopolitical power, Mr Maude will provide expert analysis on the Australian foreign policy landscape in 2023 in an age of global competition.  

With his extensive experience in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and deep knowledge of Asia-Pacific affairs, this is a rare opportunity for an intimate briefing with one of Australia’s foremost foreign policy experts.  

Date: Thursday, 30 March 2023 
Time: 10:30am to 11:30am ACDT 
Venue: The University of Adelaide

This event is by invitation only and registration is essential. For any enquiries, please contact programaustralia@asiasociety.org 

This roundtable is delivered in partnership with the University of Adelaide.

About our Speaker

Richard Maude, Asia Society Australia

Richard Maude is Executive Director of Policy at Asia Society Australia and a Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute. 

He is a former senior Australian government official with 30 years’ experience in foreign policy and national security. From 2018 to 2019, Mr Maude was Deputy Secretary, Indo-Pacific Group, in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Australia’s senior official to the East Asia Summit. 

In 2017, Mr Maude was head of the whole-of-government taskforce which supported the preparation of the Australian Government’s 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper. Mr Maude was Director-General of the Office of National Assessments from May 2013 until November 2016.  Before taking up this position, Mr Maude was the senior adviser on foreign policy and national security issues to Prime Minister Julia Gillard. 

He has served overseas in Malaysia, where he was Deputy High Commissioner, Singapore and as the Liaison Officer for the Office of National Assessments in the Australian Embassy in Washington DC. 

Mr Maude is a member of the Futures Council of the National Security College at the Australian National University.