Geoff W Raby

Geoff W Raby is a director of OceanaGold and Chair of the Sustainability Committee. Dr Raby was Australia’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from 2007 to 2011. Prior to that, he was a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Dr. Raby has extensive experience in international affairs and trade, having been Australia’s Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (1998-2001), Australia’s APEC Ambassador (2003-2005), Head of DFAT’s Office of Trade Negotiations and Head of the Trade Policy Issues Division at the OECD, Paris. Between 1986 and 1991 he was Head of the Economic Section at the Australian Embassy, Beijing. He has been the Chair of DFAT’s Audit Committee and served as an ex officio member of the Boards of Austrade and EFIC (Export Finance and Insurance Corporation).

Dr Raby is also a non-executive director of ASX and HSEX listed Yancoal Australia Ltd, holds a PhD in Economics, Masters of Economics and a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from La Trobe University.

In 2019, Dr Raby was named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List and awarded an Officer in the General Division (AO), for his distinguished service to Australia-China relations through senior diplomatic roles, and to multilateral trade policy development.