Joshua Preece

Joshua Preece is a Wiradjuri & Torres Strait Islander man, with family links to Erub Island through the Jacobs & Pitt families. He undertook an Atlantic Fellowship in Social Equity on First Nations Foreign Policy in 2023 with a particular interest in elevating the voices of First Nations Australians in the way Australia expresses itself internationally.

His previous diplomacy experience includes serving as the Australian representative on the OECD’s Youth Advisory Board; the Australian Foreign Policy Fellow at Young Australians in International Affairs; a member of the British Consulate Sydney’s Youth Advisory Council; a member of the U.S. Sydney Consulate-General’s Youth Advisory Council; and as a member of the Australia-Indonesia Youth Association’s Indigenous Engagement Committee.

Joshua’s formal education includes holding a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Sydney; Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners; a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Economics from the University of Queensland; and a Master of Social Change Leadership from the University of Melbourne.