Max Gaylard

Max Gaylard
Born	1946 (age 69–70) Nambour, Queensland
Nationality	Australian
Alma mater	University of Queensland Australian National University
Occupation	Public servant, diplomat

Maxwell "Max" Gaylard (born 1946) is a former Australian public servant and diplomat.

Born in Nambour, Queensland, he was educated at Nambour State High School, then the University of Queensland.^[1]

Joining the Department of External Affairs in 1968, Gaylard was the first diplomatic cadet to be conscripted into the army. He traveled to Singapore and Malaysia as a member of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, before returning to Canberra in 1970.^[2] He was Australian High Commissioner to the Solomon Islands from 1985 to 1988.^[3] While resident in the Solomons, he and other diplomats received death threats from an Australian expatriate-dubbed 'Mr Smith' in media.^[4] Refleting in 2014, Gaylard said the posting was "fairly tough".^[5]

At the end of his posting in the Solomons, he was seconded to London as Director of International Relations at the Commonwealth Secretariat.^[5]

In 2008, Gaylard was appointed Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process at the United Nations.^[1]

References

1. Biographical Note: Secretary-General appoints Maxwell Gaylard of Australia deputy special coordinator for Middle East peace process, United Nations, 2008, archived from the original on 14 March 2008
2. Barry, Derek (10 February 2013), "Max Gaylard: Memories of a Diplomatic Life", Woolly Days, archived from the original on 13 November 2016
3. "New envoys named to OECD, Solomons". The Canberra Times. 16 August 1985. p. 3.
4. "Hayden criticises expatriate in the Solomon Islands: 'Mr Smith' eroded Australian interests". The Canberra Times. 3 June 1988. p. 8.
5. "Interview with Max Gaylard", Commonwealth Oral Histories, 2014, archived from the original on 13 March 2016