Geoff Raby
Civil Engineering
OceanaGold Corporation
Australia
Biography
Geoff W. Raby is a director of OceanaGold (appointed August 2011). Dr. Geoff 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 Fortescue Metals Group Ltd and Chairman of SmartTrans Ltd, both ASX listed companies. Dr. Raby holds a PhD in Economics and a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from La Trobe University.
Research Interest
Business Management, Infrastructure and Architecture
