Tony Lynch has had a 40 year public service career, including as Deputy Secretary of Defence at the Ministry of Defence (2014-2019), DCE National Security at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (2019-2023), and with the remainder of his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including postings to Canberra, Jakarta, Geneva (WTO) and Bangkok; the latter as Ambassador to Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia and Myanmar. From 2008-11 Tony was seconded to DPMC as Foreign Policy Advisor to then Prime Minister John Key. Tony has a Master of Arts degree in history from the University of Otago.
