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Jane Madden

Jane Madden is a former Australian diplomat and senior government official who now leads boutique Canberra advisory firm, Brickfielder Insights and serves as non-executive director on several boards.

Among diplomatic roles, she was Australia’s Ambassador/Permanent Delegate to UNESCO  (first female in this position) from January 2003 to January 2007 and  Deputy Ambassador to France and

== Early Life and Education == Madden was born on 6th of January 1963 in Ithaca, New York, USA to Australians, Dr John Madden and Kathy Madden (nee Nolan)

Madden attended Mount Carmel College and University of Tasmania, studying Economics and Japanese. Madden has qualifications from the Australian National University Harvard Business School,, University of Melbourne, INSEAD and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Madden speaks several languages, including Japanese and French fluently.

== Career == Madden has held several high profile roles in the Australian Government. Much of her career was in DFAT and overseas, she served in Africa, Asia and Europe.

In South Africa from December 1988-December 1991 as First Secretary, she witnessed the early dismantling of apartheid and the unbanning of political organisations. During this posting, Madden served as High Commissioner to Zambia on a number of occasions and also worked with the UN in Namibia during that country’s interdependence.

In DFAT in Australia, roles included Assistant Secretary, Services and intellectual Property Branch and Assistant Secretary, Staff Development and Post Issues Branch. For a period, balancing work, family and health matters, Madden she became the first senior executive to work part time in that department. In 2008, she was appointed Head of Tourism for the Australian Government in the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism and joined the Executive Board of that agency. Her team developed and implemented Tourism 2020  - the first whole-of-Australia demand and supply side  approach to that sector.

Jane Madden was appointed General Manager and Head of Investment for Austrade in February 2013 The global  team worked to secure new investment to Australia worth billions of dollars, including in priority areas for government such as research and development and infrastructure.

Madden was asked to be the Chief Operating Officer for the Digital Transformation Office in its early stage (late 2015). Madden was Deputy Secretary and Executive Direct of Tourism, Investment, International Education and Programmes Group at Austrade from February 2016 to June 2017.

Madden co-established a strategic consulting firm Brickfielder Government Engagement with Dr Vanessa Findlay in 2017. With a strong focus on strategy and capability, Madden is now Principal at Brickfielder Insights   Madden is also an experienced and qualified executive coach to private and public sector leaders.

== Non-for-profit leadership == Madden has been lead several non-for-profit companies at the executive level. Madden has been Vice President of the National Foundation for Australian Women since 2017 and has been a Board Director of the Black Dog Institute since 2015 Madden also serves on the board of the Canberra Institute of Technology, My Career Lab , Australian Business Volunteers Madden has also served on the board of the Lirrwi Tourism Advisory Panel.