Mr Kane is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and was most recently the Director of DFAT’s Victoria State Office.
He has previously served overseas as Australia’s Ambassador to Brazil and Australia’s Ambassador to Chile, along with other postings in Spain, the United States and Mexico.
Mr Kane holds a Master of International Relations from Deakin University, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Melbourne and a Graduate Diploma of Foreign Affairs and Trade from the Australian National University. He can speak Portuguese and Spanish languages.
