Louise Helen Hand PSM is an Australian diplomat and is a senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

On 29 December 2011, the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, Martin Ferguson appointed Hand as the Australian High Commissioner to Canada,[1] and she served in the role until January 2015.

[2] Prior to her Canadian appointment, Hand had been seconded to the Department of Climate Change as the Ambassador for Climate Change (2009–2011), acting as the lead Australian negotiator within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and as head of the International Division in the Department.

In January 2009, she was awarded a Public Service Medal for her work in Indonesia.

[5] This article incorporates material from a website of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and is used under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia  Licence.