Bachelor’s in Commerce and Bachelor’s in Laws, Bond University; Master’s in Laws, Queensland University of Technology. Professional career as an executive, economic reform unit, Coopers & Lybrand and PricewaterhouseCoopers. 2001, first elected as the Member for Moncrieff, Australian Parliament. Former: Minister for International Development and the Pacific; Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Trade and Investment; championed economic integration in the Pacific through private sector-led growth; promoted the benefits of Australia’s free trade agreements; led delegations of industry leaders to Australia's key trading partners; and supported the Minister for Foreign Affairs in advancing Australia’s diplomatic interests overseas. 2013-14, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer; made the ultimate assessment of Australia’s national interest on some 800 applications for foreign investment worth around AU$150 billion. Since July 2016, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment of Australia: third front bench role in the foreign affairs and trade portfolio. Former Alternate Governor to the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.