H.E Ms Fiona Flood

Ambassador of Ireland to Australia

2025: Ambassador of Ireland to Australia 
2025: Ambassador-designate of Ireland to Republic of Fiji, Republic of Nauru, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands  
2023-July 2025: Ambassador of Ireland to Brazil, and Ambassador to Guyana, Suriname and the Caribbean Community, CARICOM. 
2020-2023: Deputy Head of Mission, Director of Brexit and EU Affairs, Embassy of Ireland, London, 
2016-2020: Director of Security and Corporate Compliance, Department of Foreign Affairs 
2011-2016: Director of Economic Migration Policy and EU Employment Policy, Department of Enterprise  
2007-2011: Deputy Director of Ireland’s Labour Inspectorate 
2005-2007: Human Rights Policy Officer and representative to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) at the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the United Nations, Geneva  
2004-2005: First Secretary, British-Irish Secretariat, Belfast, Northern Ireland 
2000-2004: First Secretary, Justice and Security Unit, Department of Foreign Affairs 
1997-2000: Vice Consul of Ireland, Consulate of Ireland, Chicago 


Education: 
BA in Languages and International Marketing from Dublin City University  
MSc in Public Sector Innovation from the University of Ulster. 

 
Languages: German, French, Portuguese, Irish, some Dutch.