NO.010

The Treasurer today announced the nomination of Ms Miranda Rawlinson, a

senior official with the Australian Agency for International Development, to the position

of Alternate Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila for a term of three

years.

Ms Rawlinson will assist the Director, Mr John Lockhart AO, in representing a

constituency of countries within the ADB, the members of which are: Australia; Azerbaijan;

Cambodia; Hong Kong, China; Kiribati; Federated States of Micronesia; Nauru; Solomon

Islands; and Tuvalu.

Ms Rawlinson will assist in the governance of the Bank by examining a wide range of

policy, loan and budgetary proposals considered by the Executive Board.

Ms Rawlinson has extensive experience in the work of international financial

institutions. Before her appointment, Ms Rawlinson held the position of Assistant Director

General of AusAID’s International Programs Branch, which is responsible for support

provided through the aid program to multilateral development agencies, including the ADB

and the World Bank. While at AusAID, Ms Rawlinson led the Secretariat to the Simons

Committee, which reviewed Australia’s aid program. In 1995-96, Ms Rawlinson led the

International Organisation and Public Affairs Branch, which was then responsible for

AusAID’s relationship with international financial institutions. She has worked in

AusAID and its predecessors since 1979.

Australia has been a member of the ADB since it was established in 1966 to assist the

economic and social development of countries of the Asia Pacific region. Australia remains

one of the most significant shareholders in the Bank and attaches considerable importance

to its work within the region.

CANBERRA

6 March 2001