Pierre Hutton

Graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1948,[1] Hutton joined the Commonwealth Public Service in the Department of External Affairs in 1949 as a diplomatic cadet.[1] After heading the Department's Malaysian/Indonesian section (1962–1964) and a posting as First Secretary to Geneva (1964–1967),[4] in October 1967, Hutton was appointed the Department's public information officer, responsible for assisting Australian media report accurately on foreign affairs, from the Australian angle.[7] From the role as public information officer, Hutton was appointed High Commissioner to Nigeria in February 1970—his first post as head of mission.His wife and four of his five children were forced to hide in the basement of a school for 11 hours, with teachers and other pupils, while Palestinians and units of the Lebanese Army exchanged fire above.[9] Hutton was later an Ambassador to Egypt, the Sudan and finally to Switzerland, where he was also Representative to the UN Human Rights Commission.
University of TasmaniadiplomatSt Virgil's CollegeCommonwealth Public ServiceDepartment of External AffairsBangkokRangoonOttawaNew CaledoniaLebanonLebanese Civil WarSwitzerlandUN Human Rights CommissionAustralian Consul in NoumeaAustralian High Commissioner to NigeriaNeil TruscottAustralian Ambassador to LebanonPeter CurtisAustralian Ambassador to IraqAustralian Ambassador to SyriaAustralian Ambassador to JordanAustralian Ambassador to EgyptKeith BrennanAustralian Ambassador to Switzerland