Anne-Marie Schleich

Dr Anne-Marie Schleich started her career with the German Foreign Service in 1979. Most recently, she was the German ambassador to New Zealand with concurrent accreditation to seven Pacific Island states from 2012 to 2016. She was the German consul-general in Melbourne, Australia from 2008 to 2012. Dr Schleich has also served in Singapore, Bangkok, Islamabad and London. From 1998 to 2001 she was the deputy head of the Asia and Pacific Section of the Foreign Affairs Directorate in the Federal Chancery, Berlin. Since her retirement in 2016, she has lived in Singapore. She has been a speaker at international security conferences and a guest lecturer at the National University of Singapore. Dr Schleich has also written a number of articles on geopolitical trends in Asia published in Switzerland, Germany, Singapore and Australia.