Andrea Smith (diplomat) explained

Andrea Smith is a New Zealand public servant and current deputy secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[1]

Life and career

Smith is currently deputy secretary of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 2021 (APEC21) a role she took up in May 2017. Before this, she had been deputy secretary for the Americas and Asia Group for over five years. Smith has served overseas as New Zealand's ambassador to several countries in the Middle East including Turkey, Israel and Jordan.^[1]

On 16 November 2012, Smith delivered a key note address in front of several South Korean diplomats at the University of Auckland to mark the "Year of Friendship" between New Zealand and South Korea.^[2]

In March 2013, she received a good-will delegation representing the Chinese Communist Party to Victoria University of Wellington.^[3]

References

1. Web site: About the Ministry - Senior Leadership Team . Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand . 12 May 2013.
2. Web site: NZ Asia Institute Conference celebrates the New Zealand – Korea "Year of Friendship" 16-17 November 2012 . Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand . 12 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130210151146/http://mfat.govt.nz/Foreign-Relations/Asia/News-items/0-NZ-Asia-Institute-Smith-speech.php . 10 February 2013 .
3. Web site: Good-will delegation from the Communist Party of China . Embassy of the People's Republic of China in New Zealand . 12 May 2013 . During the visit, Mr Liu met respectively with New Zealand politicians including Mr Peter Goodfellow, President of the National Party, Mr David Shearer, Leader of the Opposition, and Hon Dr Pita Sharples, Co-leader of the Maori Party, as well as officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade including Secretary John Allen and Deputy Secretary Andrea Smith..