Senior Officials Meetings

Senior Officials Meetings take place ahead of Ministerial Conferences, and involve the full membership of the Bali Process.

The eighth Senior Official Meeting of the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime was held on 9 February at the Adelaide Convention Centre. The event was co-hosted by Lucienne Manton, Australian Ambassador for Counter Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking and Pak Tri Triyati, Indonesian Director-General for Multilateral Affairs

Meetings include presentations from Member States and Member Organisations, Bali Process Working Groups, and the Regional Support Office (RSO). The meeting enables a review of developments in the Bali Process region, and progress around activities undertaken.

The presentations and discussions are used to shape the agenda for the Ministerial Conference.

Bali Process Senior Official Co-Chairs

Lucienne Manton, Australian Ambassador for Counter Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking

Lucienne Manton has been Australia’s Ambassador for Counter Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking and Senior Official Co-Chair of the Bali Process since May 2020. Ambassador Manton is a senior career officer with DFAT and was most recently Assistant Secretary, EU Political and Strategy Branch. Ambassador Manton has previously served with the United States Branch, People Smuggling Taskforce, Iraq Taskforce and at the Australian High Commission in London. Ambassador Manton also worked as Assistant Secretary, International Division, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Ambassador Manton plays a lead role in promoting international cooperation to counter people smuggling in support of Operation Sovereign Borders. Ambassador Manton works closely with Operation Sovereign Borders Joint Agency Task Force to coordinate the international elements of Operation Sovereign Borders across the Australian Government.

Pak Tri Triyati, Indonesian Director-General for Multilateral Affairs

Pak Tri Triyati has held the role of Director-General for Multilateral Cooperation since April 2022. Director-General Pak Tri Triyati is responsible for carrying out the formulation and implementation of policies in the field of implementing foreign relations and foreign policy within the scope of multilateral interests. Director-General Pak Tri Triyati is a career diplomat who joined the Indonesian MoFa in 1991. His last position was the minister’s Senior adviser on Political, Legal and Security Affairs. Director-General Pak Tri Triyati was Ambassador at the following oversees missions: Nairobi, Paris, Permanent Mission to the UN in New York, Kuwait (2019 to 2021). Director-General Pak Tri Triyatie also served as consul General to Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR in HK, China from 2016.