Margaret Adamson

Margaret Adamson is an Australian diplomat who has served as Deputy High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea; Ambassador to Cambodia; Ambassador to Poland; Consul General to Berlin; and High Commissioner to Pakistan.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Margaret Adamson in 2014

Education

Adamson graduated from Australian National University with a BA in pure mathematics and psychology with a minor in Sociology in 1974 and a Diploma of Education at the University of Canberra.^[1]

Diplomatic career

Adamson served in the Australian diplomatic missions to Hanoi and Vienna after graduation.^{[citation needed]} From 1987 to 1991, she served as a counsellor for the Australian embassy in Bonn, and after German reunification, until 1996 in Berlin.^{[citation needed]}

From 1998 to 2002, she served as Ambassador to Poland.^[8] Following her return from Poland, she became a senior official within the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In 2007, she was named Ambassador to Cambodia, taking over from Lisa Filipetto.^[9] She was posted as High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2015 to 2019.^[10]

Programs and initiatives

Adamson has used her appointments to promote initiatives serving women.^[1][2] Making use of 39 million dollars in funding the Australian government obtained through the World Bank she coordinated with the Pakistani government to create a program to increase nutrition in Balochistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa with an emphasis on women and girls.^[11]