Short Biographies of Invited Participants Australia No Participants Short Biography 1 John McCarthy AO Former Australian Ambassador to National President, Australian Institute Vietnam, Mexico, Thailand, the United of International Affairs States, Indonesia, Japan and India. Australia‟s Special Representative to Sri Lanka. Qualifications: Bachelor of Laws, MA at Cambridge University. 2 Waleed Aly Previously member of the Executive Lecturer in Politics, Political and Social Committee of the Islamic Council of Inquiry, Monash University Victoria and has served as the Council's head of public affairs. Speaks on issues concerning Australia‟s Muslim community and the relationship between Islam and western values. Is a sought-after public speaker; and one of 40 Australians selected as a youth leadership delegate to the Future Summit in Melbourne in 2005. Worked as a solicitor in Melbourne for Maddocks Lawyers until 2007. Explored the mistaken thinking behind ideas of essential difference in his 2007 book People Like U. Currently completing PhD. 3 Chris Barnes Immediate Past President, Australia Managing Director, Braehead Advisory Indonesia Business Council. Board Member, International Chamber of Commerce (Australia). Leads the facilitation of large 4 Rodney Bloom enterprise relationships with Industry General Manager, Business and Government both in Australia and Development & International, CSIRO in International markets, building and catalysing the organisation‟s pipeline of R&D opportunities to 2020 and beyond. He is also focussed on steering a “Futures” program, which focuses thought on global challenges out to 2020 and beyond. Previously the Managing Director of the Deloitte Innovation Academy, a forum for business, government, public and leading thinkers and researchers to progress new ideas towards delivering economic growth. 5 Larissa Brown Named one of Melbourne‟s most Founder, Centre for Sustainability influential people in 2007. Leadership Has won a host of awards, including the Young Environmentalist of the Year in 2008, and VIC Young Australian of the Year in 2010. 6 Stephen Creese Worked for the Rio Tinto Group for 29 Executive General Manager, Corporate years between 1980 and 2009 in Affairs, General Counsel and Company various legal and commercial roles and Secretary, Newcrest Mining Ltd. serving as Managing Director of Rio Tinto Australia from 2008 to 2009. Specifically working in Exploration, Strategy and Acquisitions, Finance and as General Manager-Commercial of the Kelian Gold Project in Indonesia. Qualifications: Bachelor of Arts and Law (with Honours) from Melbourne University in 1976. Admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1977. 7 Senator Patricia (Trish) Crossin First woman elected to Federal Senator for Northern Territory Parliament from the Northern Territory Has been a Senator for the Australian Labor Party since 1998. Has a Bachelor of Education and taught in Primary Schools in Melbourne and Yirrkala and Darwin in the NT for more than ten years. Chair of the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee. 8 Andrew Downs President of the Australian Industry Managing Director, Sage Automation Group in South Australia. In 2004 was named the Ernst and Young South Australian Entrepreneur of the Year, Technology. Is an Honorary Board Member of Industry Leaders Fund Inc., a platform from which the industry leaders of the future can be nurtured and develop into strong, focussed and empowered people. 9 Charles Goode AC Previously Senior Partner at Potter Chairman Flagstaff Partners; Partners. Former Chairman of ANZ and Woodside Petroleum Has held directorships of CSR, Singapore Airlines, Pacific Dunlop, Legal & General Assurance, Oliver Nilsen Australia, Queensland Investment Corporation, and Howard Florey Institute of Physiology and Medicine. In 2001, appointed a Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia for service to business, through major achievements in finance and philanthropy. 10 The Hon Alan Griffiths Spent 13 years as member of the Former Minister for Industry, Australian House of Representatives Technology and Regional Development for Maribyrnong, Victoria (1983- 1996). Has previously served as Minister for Resources (1990), Minister for Tourism (1991) and Minister for Industry, Technology and Regional Development (1993). Qualifications: Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Laws. 11 Samah Hadid NSW Young Australian of the Year Human Rights Activist 2011. 2010 Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations. Volunteered with Muslim Women‟s Association. Completed a Fellowship with the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Member of the UN Experts Group on Youth 12 The Hon Robert Hill Former Permanent Representative of Chancellor, Adelaide University Australia to the United Nations. Former Liberal Senator for South Australia. Leader of the Government in the Senate (1996–2006) and Minister for the Environment (1996–98). Minister for the Environment and Heritage (1998–2001) and Minister for Defence (2001–06). 13 Ed Husic MP Elected to the House of Federal Member for Chifley Representatives for Chifley, New South Wales, 2010. Is currently Secretary for the Australian Labor Party Caucus Economics, Productivity, Innovation and Industry Committee from 2010. House of Representatives Standing Committees: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs; and Infrastructure and Communications from 2010. Joint Standing Committees: National Broadband Network from 2011. Joint Select Committees: Cyber-Safety from 2010; Christmas Island Tragedy in 2011; and Australia‟s Clean Energy Future Legislation. Parliamentary Party Positions: Government Whip from 2011. Holds a BA (Applied Communications) from the University of Western Sydney. 14 Professor Tim Lindsey Chair of the Australia-Indonesia Chair, Australia Indonesia Institute; Institute (AII) and is a practicing Director, Asian Law Centre; University member of the Victorian Bar. of Melbourne Researches and teaches in Bahasa Indonesia. Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law; Director, Centre for Islamic Law and Society; Director of Studies, Graduate Program in Asian Law. Teaches and researches Indonesian law, syariah (Islamic law), comparative law and law reform in developing countries. Publications include Indonesia: Law & Society (2nd Edition); Law Reform in Transitional and Developing States; and Corruption in Asia. Qualifications: BA (Honours), Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Letters (Honours), and PhD at University of Melbourne. 15 Professor Andrew MacIntyre Chair of the Board of the ANU Dean, ANU College of Asia and the Indonesia Project. Pacific Founder of the former Australia- Indonesia Governance Research Partnership. An active member of the Australian American Leadership Dialogue. A member of the Board of Directors of the Asia Foundation – Australia, and a member of the Board of the ANU Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies. Qualifications: BA (Honours), MA, and PhD at ANU. Research projects include a multi- author study of Asian regional institutions and an assessment of the trajectory for democracy in Southeast Asia. Qualifications: BA (Honours), MA, and PhD at ANU. 16 Greg Sheridan An expert on Asian politics, he has Foreign Editor, The Australian written four books on the topic, plus a book on Australia-U.S. relationships. Is a strong supporter of close ties between Australia and its Southeast Asian neighbours. His work has appeared in newspapers around the world, including The Sunday Times of London, The Wall Street Journal, the Jakarta Post and the South China Morning Post. 17 Mark Scott Managing Director of the Australian Managing Director, ABC Broadcasting Corporation since July 2006. Under his leadership, the ABC was transformed from a broadcast model into a digital media network. Domestically, he has inaugurated ABC News 24 and ABC3 children's television channels, and expanded radio and mobile services and ABC Online. Internationally, the ABC has secured new audiences for Radio Australia and Australia Network, flagged an ambitious new strategy vision and expanded its international project work through partnerships with agencies such as AusAid. 18 Lenore Taylor Covered federal politics for 23 years National Affairs Correspondent, Sydney with both Fairfax and News Corp Morning Herald. newspapers. Won the Paul Lyneham award for excellence press gallery journalism in 2007. Won the prestigious Walkley Award for „best scoop of the year‟ in 2010. A foreign correspondent for four years for The Australian Financial Review, based in London. Is the co-author of a book about Australia and the global financial crisis. 19 Dr Nik Senapati Experience with Rio Tinto spans over Managing Director, Rio Tinto Asia 29 years, working in a wide range of exploration, mining, strategy, business improvement and operating roles. Has worked in the Corporate, Exploration, Aluminium and Coal Sectors of the company. He has run Rio Tinto‟s bauxite operations in Queensland and its coal operations in New South Wales. Currently works with key external stakeholders to represent Rio Tinto interests. Became the first Indigenous Australian 20 Ken Wyatt AM MP to become a member of the House of Federal Member for Hasluck Representatives, winning the seat of Hasluck for the Liberal Party at the 2010 federal election. A primary school teacher for 16 years before entering the public sector. District Director of the Swan Education District and