Robyn Mudie

Robyn Mudie is an Australian diplomat who most recently served as the Ambassador to Vietnam from 2019 to 2022, and was the High Commissioner to Sri Lanka from 2012 until 2016 with non-resident accreditation to the Maldives.

Education Mudie was born and raised in Adelaide, Australia, and became interested in foreign policy and world affairs in college. She has a Master of Arts in Southeast Asian studies from the University of Hull.

Career Mudie is a career diplomat who first worked in Hanoi as a diplomat starting in 1993. She subsequently worked in New York in the Australian Permanent Mission to the United Nations; she was in New York City during the September 11 attacks. a position she held from 2012 until 2016. While there, her work projects included improving access to clean water. In 2019 she was named the Australian Ambassador to Vietnam. reducing violence against women, providing aid and vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic, development assistance including collaboration in agricultural research and celebrating 50 years of cooperation between Vietnam and Australia. Her term in Vietnam ended in September 2022.