Alistair Murray McLean AO is the former Chair of the Australian Government's Australia Japan Foundation,[2] and is a former Non Resident Fellow of the Lowy Institute.

[3] Prior to this, McLean was a senior career officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade until 29 February 2012.

Mr McLean arrived in Tokyo on 24 November 2004 to take up his appointment as Australia's Ambassador to Japan,[4] which ran until August 2011.

In 1991, McLean was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for his services to international relations, particularly as Australian Consul General in Shanghai.

His interests include golf, tennis, classical music and Asian arts and antiquities.