Biographical note

Ping Kitnikone (BA [Pacific Studies and Economics], University of Victoria, 1991; MPA [Public Administration], University of Victoria, 1994) joined External Affairs and International Trade Canada in 1994. She served as consul general in Mumbai from 2003 to 2005 and ambassador to Vietnam from 2016 to 2018. Her other assignments abroad have included those in Beijing, Taipei and Bangkok (with concurrent accreditation to Cambodia, the Lao Peoples’ Democratic Republic and Myanmar). She has had a number of assignments in Ottawa, including in the International Financial Institutions Division, Policy Development and Integration Division, North Asia Commercial Relations Division, Centre of Learning for International Affairs and Management and Intergovernmental Relations and Regional Business Network Division. Most recently, she was director general of the Locally Engaged Staff Bureau.