Christopher Lim

Christopher Lim is Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner and Deputy Representative at the Australian Office in Taipei.

He is a senior career Australian public servant who has led high-performing international teams to deliver major commercial, diplomatic and strategic outcomes. Christopher was the Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner to the Philippines from 2021 to 2024, and the Consul-General in Chengdu, southwest China, from 2017 to 2020. He had earlier postings in Beijing, Washington, and Singapore. 

He is committed to realising the full potential of the relationship between Australia and Taiwan by expanding productive trade and investment, as well as people-to-people links, in the context of a rapidly changing world.

Prior to joining Austrade, Christopher worked at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Christopher holds a Master of Arts in Foreign Affairs and Trade from the Australian National University, and a Bachelor of Architecture from RMIT University.  He speaks Mandarin and Malay/Indonesian, and re-learning Hokkien. He has a deep interest in gender equality, diversity and inclusion, East Asian history, and cross-cultural understanding.