Michael Potts

Michael Potts is a retired Australian diplomat and a former Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand. Early life and education Potts earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Sydney in 1972. Career Potts began his diplomatic career in Madrid, Spain, as Third and Second Secretary from 1973 to 1975. At his next posting in Vientiane, Laos, he served as Second and First Secretary from 1977 to 1979. Following his posting as First Secretary in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1980, he served as Acting High Commissioner in Lusaka, Zambia, from 1980 to 1983. Potts returned to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra in 1984. He held several positions through 2002. He was also an Australian Ambassador to Hanoi, Vietnam, from 1991 to 1994.