Dr Helen Mitchell

Senior Executive, Australian Government

Dr Helen Mitchell is a Senior Executive with the Australian Government. She was previously a non-resident fellow in the United States Studies Centre's Economic Security Program.

Biography

Dr Helen Mitchell is a Senior Executive with the Australian Government. She is an economist and former diplomat.

Helen previously advised the Australian Government on economic security issues at the Commonwealth Treasury and served Australia in New York, South Africa and Mexico with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

She was a Sir Roland Wilson PhD scholar at the Australian National University. Helen’s research draws on her expertise fusing economics, geopolitics and security for government. Economic security issues involve supply chains, growth and innovation as much as deterrence, commitment and pressure — Helen has developed a rigorous framework to guide policymakers through these issues. Helen's framework helps policymakers to identify and calibrate policies that move Australia towards desired economic security outcomes and find off-ramps away from unintended consequences or dangerous outcomes.