Jane Edquist
Counsellor Austrialan High Commission
Bio
Jane Edquist is a career diplomat and policy official with experience in resources and energy policy, infrastructure, the Pacific and Asia.
Ms Edquist has served overseas as First Secretary, Infrastructure Port Moresby (2018-2021), and Charge d’Affairs to the Cook Islands (2021-22).
She worked in energy policy at Australia’s Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to deliver the Sydney Energy Forum (2022) and at the Department of Climate Change Energy Environment and Water as Director of Energy Workforce policy (2023-24).
Since joining DISR in 2024, Ms Edquist has served as manager, Timor Sea Section, Acting General Manager Timor Sea Branch and Deputy Chief negotiator on the Greater Sunrise Technical Negotiations with Timor-Leste.
Prior to joining DFAT in 2013, Ms Edquist worked at AusAID on the Sustainable Development Goals, and Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency on the Pacific Australia Climate Change Adaptation Program.
Ms Edquist joined the APS as a junior policy officer at Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries in 2007.