Beyond Geopolitics: Emerging Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific

Please join us on Thursday, 22nd October at 5:30pm for a conversation with Joanne Ou, Represenative of Taiwan to New Zealand. We will discuss the impacts and changes within the Indo-Pacific and how this may affect the region.

Further details to be announced shortly.

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Joanne Ou is the Representative of Taiwan to New Zealand, Mission Head of

the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in New Zealand, based in

Wellington. Prior to her appointment, she was the Spokesperson of Taiwan’s

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director-General of its Public Diplomacy

Council from 2019 to 2023. In her nearly 30 years with Taiwan’s foreign

service, she has held various positions including Director of the UN Task Force

in TECO-New York, and the Ministry’s North American Affairs Department.

Joanne holds a MA in Political Science from Columbia University in New York,

USA, and BA in Political Science from National Taiwan University. Joanne is

fluent in English, Spanish and Mandarin, with working level of French, and has

a diverse range of hobbies that include Argentine tango, skiing, and horseback

riding.