Shannon Powell commenced as Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner Hong
Kong and Macau in January 2020.
Previously, Shannon was the Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner for
Andean Latin America from 2015 to 2019, leading a team of 20 staff across
Chile, Argentina, Colombia and Peru, based in Santiago. Her work focused on
the promotion of Australian trade and education exports and managing
commercial relationships and issues within a growing bilateral
relationship.
Shannon started her career in law, working within large Australian law
firms before joining an Australian non-profit organisation, The Global
Foundation where she led domestic and global teams facilitating trade and
investment and policy development in the areas of mining, renewable energy,
financial services, education, agribusiness and manufacturing. Prior to
joining Austrade, she was Director of her own consultancy company, with clients
across Australia, Brazil and the United States specialising in governance,
leadership, community engagement and communications for large
organisations. Shannon continues to sit on the Advisory Board of The Global
Foundation.
Shannon holds a Bachelor of Law (Hons.) and Bachelor of Commerce from
Deakin University and speaks Portuguese and Spanish.