Richard Campbell "Ric" Smith AO, PSM (born 8 March 1944) is a former senior Australian public servant and diplomat.

He was a high school teacher prior to joining the Australian Public Service in the Department of External Affairs in 1969.

[3][6] Smith held a number of senior positions in DFAT before being appointed as an assistant secretary in 1985, and consul-general in Honolulu in 1987.

[10] He served as the Australian Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia (2001–2002), and extended his period of office when he learnt of the bombings in Bali on 12 October 2002.

[6][12] In 2007, Smith spent four months as a Distinguished Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore.