Biographical note – Annick Goulet

Annick Goulet (BA Hons [Political Science] and Second Program, Modern Languages [Japanese and Russian], McGill University, 1992; DES [Journalism], École supérieure de journalisme de Paris [graduate school of journalism in Paris], 1994; Executive Certificate [Public Leadership], Harvard Kennedy School of Government, 2020) joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 1999, after having worked as a journalist in Canada, Europe and Asia (1992 to 1998). During her time at Headquarters, she was deputy director for Japan (2008 to 2009) and for nuclear policy (2009 to 2010), director for non-proliferation and disarmament (2010 to 2011) and for commercial affairs with EU and European Free Trade Association countries (2014 to 2015). While in Ottawa, she also had an assignment in the Privy Council Office’s Foreign Policy and Defence Secretariat (2006 to 2007). Positions abroad include a secondment to Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2002 to 2003) and a posting at Canada’s embassy in Tokyo (2003 to 2006). She served as counsellor and senior trade commissioner at the embassy in Beijing (2012 to 2014) and as minister-counsellor (economic and trade) at the embassy in Moscow (2016 to 2020), where she also served as chargé d’affaires for Armenia and Uzbekistan (2018 to 2019). More recently, Annick Goulet was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Romania, Bulgaria and the Republic of Moldova (from 2020-2023).