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Australian Ambassador visits UP

| Written by Fred Dabu

University of the Philippines President Angelo Jimenez and UP System officials welcomed Australia’s Ambassador to the Philippines Marc Innes-Brown and Second Secretary Justine Tanner Dec. 18 at Quezon Hall, UP Diliman. They exchanged views on academic activities that are mutually beneficial to the Philippines and Australia. 

With Jimenez were: Vice President for Academic Affairs Lorraine Symaco, VP for Research and Innovation Joel Joseph Marciano Jr., Assistant VPAA (Internationalization) and Office of International Linkages Director Dolores Cecilia Madrid, and Special Assistant to the UP President Domingo Lopez. 

UP President Angelo Jimenez (second from clockwise top left) shares his experiences as a former labor attache with Australian Ambassador Marc Innes-Brown (second from right), who previously served as ambassador in war-torn countries, and Second Secretary Justine Tanner (rightmost). Photo by Bong Arboleda, UPS-MCO.
Australia’s Ambassador to the Philippines Marc Innes-Brown (left) and UP President Angelo Jimenez. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UPS-MCO.
From left: Special Assistant to the UP President Domingo Lopez, Second Secretary of the Australian Embassy Justine Tanner, Australia’s Ambassador to the Philippines Marc Innes-Brown, UP President Angelo Jimenez, Vice President for Academic Affairs Lorraine Symaco, VP for Research and Innovation Joel Joseph Marciano, Jr., and AVPAA (Internationalization) and Office of International Linkages Director Dolores Cecilia Madrid pose for a group photo. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UPS-MCO.
UP President Angelo Jimenez (left) shares his plans to hold a reunion for UP alumni who pursued graduate studies in Australian universities, with Australian Ambassador Marc Innes-Brown as the guest of honor. Photo by Bong Arboleda, UPS-MCO.