Tredene Dobson is New Zealand’s Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.

Prior to her appointment, Tredene managed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s International Security Policy Unit. In this role, Tredene led New Zealand’s engagement on a wide range of security policy issues, including counter-terrorism and countering violent extremism, defence deployments and policy, cyber security and space policy, irregular migration and maritime security.

From January 2019 – until June 2020, Tredene was New Zealand’s Ambassador to Iraq. From 2012 to 2016 Tredene was Deputy Head of Mission at the New Zealand Embassy in Jakarta and New Zealand’s Mission to ASEAN. Prior to that she managed the Ministry’s Oceans and Environment Law Unit in the Ministry’s Legal Division and was New Zealand’s senior legal adviser on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations. Tredene’s first posting was in Seoul, South Korea.

Tredene has a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree (First Class) in Political Studies from the University of Otago, New Zealand. She speaks Indonesian and is proficient in German and Korean. In her spare time, she is a keen scuba diver and coffee enthusiast.

Based in Ho Chi Minh City, Joe is New Zealand's consul-general and trade commissioner to Viet Nam. He is responsible for facilitating and promoting trade and investment, as well as maintaining an extensive network of business relationships relevant to New Zealand businesses.

Prior to joining NZTE, Joe was the CEO of Cedenco, one of New Zealand's leading exporters, where he oversaw the strategic acquisition of ENZA Foods and delivered significant sales growth for the company. Having worked in Japan, China and South East Asia, his experience spans across a broad range of New Zealand's primary industries including horticulture and food and beverage.

Joe holds a bachelor's degree in resource studies from Lincoln University and a post graduate diploma in business administration from The University of Auckland.

Hamish leads the deer milk business within Pāmu which is looking to develop a high value alternative dairy industry and product offerings. With Hamish’s leadership Pāmu Deer Milk is gaining traction in multiple markets and was recently named Best Dairy Ingredient at the World Dairy Innovation awards held in Paris. Drawing on Hamish’s experience from food production and operations through to FMCG sales and marketing, he has a particular interest in matching land use innovation with consumer trends and demand. Hamish sees enormous growth potential for targetted, high value forms of functional dairy produced in a way which contributes positively to both the environment and peoples health and wellbeing. Pāmu is the brand name for Landcorp Farming Ltd, who strives to be a leader in New Zealand agriculture, carefully creating natural products of high quality.