Rosemary Banks

Rosemary Banks (* 1951 ) is a New Zealand diplomat.

Life

Rosemary Banks graduated from the University of Canterbury with a Masters of Arts in Russian in 1975 and later studied at the UK's London School of Economics for a Masters of Science degree . In April 2015 she received a PhD in Literature from the University of Canterbury .

Banks is married to Brian Lockstone .

Diplomatic career

Immediately after graduating from university in 1975, she started working for the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade . There she took over the position of High Commissioner for the Solomon Islands in July 1985 and from May 1992 the position of High Commissioner for Australia . From 2000 she headed the Development Cooperation Division and from 2001 held the position of Deputy Secretary for Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry.

From June 2005 to June 2009 she was New Zealand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York and then took on the position of Ambassador for New Zealand to France until she became Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the OECD on September 1, 2010 . Banks was also New Zealand's ambassador to Portugal and later coordinated New Zealand's emergency response following the September 11 terrorist attack in New York , the Bali bombings and the tsunami disasters in Asia. She was also responsible for the development of a new emergency response system for the New Zealand government and created a manual for it.

In 2018 she took over the negotiations of the crown in the process to settle disputes arising in connection with the Treaty of Waitangi and is a member of the Canterbury University Council .

Since September 2018 she has been Ambassador for New Zealand to the United States .

Web links

Rosemary Banks . Biography. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,accessed May 11, 2019.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Hon Doc Rosemary Banks . Doctor of Letters 2015 . University of Canterbury , April 2015, accessed May 11, 2019 .
^ Honorary degrees for Canterbury leaders . In: Stuff . Fairfax Media , April 17, 2015, accessed May 11, 2019 .
^ ^A ^b Ambassador Rosemary Banks, Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the OECD . OECD , 2010, accessed May 11, 2019 .
^ ^A ^b Chanel Hughes : A career by negotiation . In: University of Canterbury (Ed.): Canterbury . Volume 2, No. 2 , 2005, p. 24 f . (English, online [PDF; 2.3 MB ; accessed on May 11, 2019]).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Rosemary Banks . Biography . Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade , accessed May 11, 2019 .
^ Announcement of new Ambassador to the United States . In: Beehive . New Zealand Government , September 13, 2018, accessed May 11, 2019 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Don MacKay	Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations 2005–2009	Jim McLay

personal data
SURNAME	Banks, Rosemary
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	New Zealand diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	1951

[Uni_Canterbury_2015_04-1] Hon Doc Rosemary Banks . Doctor of Letters 2015 . University of Canterbury , April 2015, accessed May 11, 2019 .

[Stuff_2015_04_17-2] Honorary degrees for Canterbury leaders . In: Stuff . Fairfax Media , April 17, 2015, accessed May 11, 2019 .

[OECD_2010-3] A ^b Ambassador Rosemary Banks, Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the OECD . OECD , 2010, accessed May 11, 2019 .

[Hughes_2005_S24f-4] A ^b Chanel Hughes : A career by negotiation . In: University of Canterbury (Ed.): Canterbury . Volume 2, No. 2 , 2005, p. 24 f . (English, online [PDF; 2.3 MB ; accessed on May 11, 2019]).

[MFAT_Rosemary_Banks-5] Rosemary Banks . Biography . Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade , accessed May 11, 2019 .

[Beehive_2018_09_13-6] Announcement of new Ambassador to the United States . In: Beehive . New Zealand Government , September 13, 2018, accessed May 11, 2019 .