In response to changing operational demands on its international network, Australian Education International (AEI) wishes to announce a number of changes to its staffing arrangements in China and North and Latin America with effect from early July 2007.
China: Ms Cathryn Hlavka, AEI’s Consul (Education, Science and Training) in Shanghai will complete her posting at the Australian Consulate-General on 14 July 2007. Mr Quentin Stevenson-Perks, who was to replace Cathryn at AEI’s Shanghai Office, will now take up his posting to China at the Australian Embassy Beijing in early July 2007. He will join Mr Scott Sheppard, Minister-Counsellor, who is responsible for AEI’s operations in China. AEI’s Office at the Australian-Consulate-General in Shanghai will continue to operate with the staff reporting to the Beijing Office.
North America: Ms Fiona Morris, AEI’s Consul (Education, Science and Training) Los Angeles will complete her posting at the Australian Consulate-General Los Angeles on 1 July 2007. From that date, the staff at the Los Angeles Office will report to Mr John Hayton, Counsellor (Education, Science and Training) in AEI’s Washington DC Office.
Latin America: As AEI will no longer have an Australian-based officer at its Los Angeles Office after 1 July 2007, responsibility for AEI’s Mexico City Office will transfer to Ms Davina Potts, AEI’s new Counsellor (Education, Science and Training) Santiago, Chile.
These movements reflect Australia’s changing engagement in international education and are designed to provide stronger support to Australia’s international education and training industry. AEI wishes to acknowledge and thank Ms Fiona Morris and Ms Cathryn Hlavka for establishing AEI’s presence in Los Angeles and Shanghai respectively and for their important contributions to Australia’s successful international education engagement with the USA, Canada and Mexico and with Japan and China.