Biography Randolph Mank: High Commissioner of Canada to Malaysia
Randolph Mank arrived in Kuala Lumpur in August 2010 upon appointment as High Commissioner to Malaysia. He served as High Commissioner to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 2008, following two years in Ottawa as Director-General for Asia South and the Pacific at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.
Since joining the Canadian foreign service in 1981, his career has included assignments in Greece, Sweden, Indonesia (twice) and Japan. From 2003 to 2006 he was Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor Leste, where he led the Canadian response to the 2004 Tsunami in Aceh.
His headquarters assignments have included three years on Central America, as well as five years as Director of Policy Planning. In the latter role, he headed the G8 Foreign Minister’s Secretariat and led a foreign policy review process.
High Commissioner Mank was born in Kitchener, Ontario. He studied at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo and at the London School of Economics.
