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Victoria University of Wellington. University of Canterbury.
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Derek Leask
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Leask is a career diplomat, who joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969. Before becoming Commissioner, he was Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Wellington. He served as Ambassador to the European Union in Brussels from 1994 to 1999, and was earlier posted to Suva, Ottawa and London, between 1985 and 1989.
Leask was born in Wellington, and has degrees from Victoria University of Wellington (Bank Central Asia), and the University of Canterbury (M Committee, Honours-Economics).
Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters announced Leask would be the next High Commissioner in London on 22 November 2007, succeeding Jonathan Hunt. As High Commissioner, Leask attended the service for Edmund Hillary at Street George"s Chapel in Windsor Castle on 2 April 2008.
