{{Short description|Australian diplomat}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Her Excellency | name = Lynette Wood | honorific_suffix = | image = Ambassador Lynette Wood 02.jpg | alt = Lynette Wood, Australian ambassador | order = | office = Australian Ambassador to France | term_start = 13 December 2024 | term_end = | predecessor = Gillian Bird | successor = | order1 = | office1 = Ambassador of Australia to Germany | term_start1 = {{start date|2016|09||df=y}} | term_end1 = {{end date|2020|||df=y}} | predecessor1 = David Ritchie | successor1 = Philip Green | order2 = | office2 = Ambassador of Australia to Switzerland | term_start2 = {{start date|2016|09||df=y}} | term_end2 = {{end date|2020|||df=y}} | predecessor2 = David Ritchie | successor2 = Philip Green | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | citizenship = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | relatives = | education = | alma_mater = {{ubl|University of Sydney|Monash University|Australian National University}} | occupation = Diplomat }} '''Lynette Wood''' is an Australian diplomat who served as Acting High Commissioner and ''Chargé d’Affaires'' to the Australian High Commission in the United Kingdom from May 2022 to January 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=Australia sends senior diplomat to London |url=https://7news.com.au/news/world/australia-sends-senior-diplomat-to-london-c-6688475 |author=Osborne, Paul |work=7 News |date=5 May 2022 |access-date=11 May 2022}}</ref> She held the position of Australian Ambassador to Switzerland, Germany and Liechtenstein from September 2016 to 2020. She succeeded David Ritchie<ref name="Germany appointment">{{cite press release |url=http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2016/jb_mr_160826.aspx |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827190103/http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2016/jb_mr_160826.aspx |publisher=Australian Government |first=Julie|last=Bishop |author-link=Julie Bishop |date=26 August 2016 |title=Ambassador to Germany |archivedate=27 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://parlwork.aph.gov.au/api/senate/questions/59573/Attachments/4145bac3-0dcf-4715-b5e0-28280bdbb01b/0 |author=Payne, Marise |author-link=Marise Payne |title=Alex Gallacher: Australian Ambassador inquiry (Question No. 1209) |work=Hansard: Australian Senate |publisher=Parliament of Australia |date=2019 |access-date=15 November 2022 }}</ref> and was replaced by Philip Green.<ref>{{cite web |title=Australian Ambassadors and other representatives |url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/our-people/homs/Pages/ambassador-to-germany |website=DFAT |accessdate=14 November 2020}}</ref> In May 2022, Wood was appointed as Acting Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia sends senior diplomat to London|url=https://7news.com.au/news/world/australia-sends-senior-diplomat-to-london-c-6688475|author=Osborne, Paul |agency=7 News|date=5 May 2022|access-date=11 May 2022}}</ref> In September 2022, it was announced that Stephen Smith would succeed Wood as High Commissioner.<ref>{{cite press release |last1=Wong |first1=Penny |title=Appointment of Australian Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Consuls-General |url=https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/appointment-australian-ambassadors-high-commissioners-and-consuls-general-0 |access-date=5 November 2022 |publisher=Minister for Foreign Affairs, Australian Government |date=30 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017190316/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/appointment-australian-ambassadors-high-commissioners-and-consuls-general-0 |archive-date=17 October 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Hurst |first1=Daniel |title=Stephen Smith named UK high commissioner as government flags fewer political appointments |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/sep/30/stephen-smith-named-uk-high-commissioner-as-government-flags-fewer-political-appointments |access-date=5 November 2022 |work=The Guardian Australia |date=30 September 2022}}</ref>
In October 2024, Wood's appointment to the role of Ambassador to France was announced, replacing Gillian Bird.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Wong |first=Penny |date=23 Oct 2024 |title=Ambassador to France |url=https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/ambassador-france |access-date=25 Oct 2024 |website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> As Ambassador to France, Wood will also be accredited to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania and the Principality of Monaco.<ref name=":0" />
Wood graduated with a Master of Arts (International Relations) from the Australian National University, a Graduate Diploma in Foreign Affairs and Trade from Monash University, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the University of Sydney.<ref name="Germany appointment"/>
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{{s-start}} {{s-dip}} {{s-bef|rows=2|before=David Ritchie}} {{s-ttl|title=Ambassador of Australia to Germany|years=2016–2020}} {{s-aft|rows=2|after=Philip Green}} {{s-ttl|title=Ambassador of Australia to Switzerland|years=2016–2020}} {{s-bef|before=George Brandis}} {{s-ttl|title=''Acting''<br/>Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom|years=2022–2023}} {{s-aft|after=Stephen Smith |as=High Commissioner}} {{s-end}}
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