As an Australian growing up in Singapore, France and the United Kingdom, Blaise developed a passion for languages and foreign affairs. He recently completed a Bachelor of Commerce (Economics) at the University of Melbourne, for which he undertook an internship at the Australian mission to the World Trade Organisation in Geneva. He currently works as a policy researcher part-time at the Victorian Department of Treasury. With his Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship, Blaise will pursue a two-year Master of Science in Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. where he intends to explore the future direction of rules-based international trade. He will also pursue work with a foreign policy think tank as part of his studies. An avid tennis player, Blaise has played for the University of Melbourne Tennis Club. In the future Blaise hopes to forge a career in international trade development building stronger bilateral ties with partner nations in the Asia-Pacific.