Short Biographies of Invited Participants

Australia

No Participants Short Biography

1 John McCarthy AO

National President, Australian Institute

of International Affairs

Former Australian Ambassador to

Vietnam, Mexico, Thailand, the United

States, Indonesia, Japan and India.

Australia‟s Special Representative to

Sri Lanka.

Qualifications: Bachelor of Laws, MA

at Cambridge University.

2 Waleed Aly

Lecturer in Politics, Political and Social

Inquiry, Monash University

Previously member of the Executive

Committee of the Islamic Council of

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

Managing Director, Braehead Advisory

Immediate Past President, Australia

Indonesia Business Council.

Board Member, International Chamber

of Commerce (Australia).

4 Rodney Bloom

General Manager, Business

Development & International, CSIRO

Leads the facilitation of large

enterprise relationships with Industry

and Government both in Australia and

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

Founder, Centre for Sustainability

Leadership

Named one of Melbourne‟s most

influential people in 2007.

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 Executive General Manager, Corporate

Affairs, General Counsel and Company

Secretary, Newcrest Mining Ltd.

Worked for the Rio Tinto Group for 29

years between 1980 and 2009 in

various legal and commercial roles and

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

Senator for Northern Territory

First woman elected to Federal

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

Managing Director, Sage Automation

President of the Australian Industry

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

Chairman Flagstaff Partners;

Former Chairman of ANZ and

Woodside Petroleum

Previously Senior Partner at Potter

Partners.

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

Former Minister for Industry,

Technology and Regional Development

Spent 13 years as member of the

Australian House of Representatives

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

Human Rights Activist

NSW Young Australian of the Year

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

Chancellor, Adelaide University

Former Permanent Representative of

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

Federal Member for Chifley

Elected to the House of

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, Australia Indonesia Institute;

Director, Asian Law Centre; University

of Melbourne

Chair of the Australia-Indonesia

Institute (AII) and is a practicing

member of the Victorian Bar.

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 Dean, ANU College of Asia and the

Pacific

Chair of the Board of the ANU

Indonesia Project.

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

Foreign Editor, The Australian

An expert on Asian politics, he has

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, ABC

Managing Director of the Australian

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

National Affairs Correspondent, Sydney

Morning Herald.

Covered federal politics for 23 years

with both Fairfax and News Corp

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

Managing Director, Rio Tinto Asia

Experience with Rio Tinto spans over

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.

20 Ken Wyatt AM MP

Federal Member for Hasluck

Became the first Indigenous Australian

to become a member of the House of

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 Director of

Aboriginal Health in Western Australia

and New South Wales.

21 Melissa Conley Tyler

National Executive Director, Australian

Institute of International Affairs

Appointed National Executive Director

of the Australian Institute of

International Affairs in 2006.

A lawyer and specialist in conflict

resolution, including negotiation,

mediation and peace education.

Previously Program Manager of the

International Conflict Resolution

Centre at the University of Melbourne

and Senior Fellow of Melbourne Law

School.

Selected as one of the nation‟s 1,000

“best and brightest” to participate in

the Australia 2020 Summit convened

by the Prime Minister to discuss future

challenges facing Australia.

Selected in 1998 as the most

outstanding graduate of the Fletcher

School of Law & Diplomacy under 40

No Participants Short Biographies

1 Ambassador Wiryono

Sastrohandoyo

Senior Fellow, CSIS

Ambassador Indonesia to Australia 1996 - 1999

2 Ms. Eva Sundari

DPR-RI, Commission III (Law, Human Rights

and Defence)

Membership in the Steering Committee of Asean-

Inter Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIMPC),

Human Right Parliamentary Caucus as well as

other local women organization in Indonesia

3 Mr. Agus Sumule

Papua representative

Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Agriculture, State

University of Papua, Manokwari, West Papua

4 Dr. Sofyan A. Djalil

Minister for State own Enterprises

2007 – 2009

Minister for Communication and Information

2004-2007

5 Mr. Kemal Stamboel DPR-RI, Commission XI (Finance, National

Development Planning, Banking and Non-Bank

Financial Institutions)

Independent Commissioner of PT Holcim

Indonesia, PT. Titan Kimia Nusantara Tbk and

PT Semen Cibinong Tbk.

6 Mr Noke Kiroyan

Adviser to Indonesia-Australia Business Council

(IABC)

Managing Partner at Kiroyan Partners since

January 2007

President and Director of Newmont Pacific

Nusantara from October 13, 2005 to 2006.

Commissioner of PT. Asuransi CIGNA

7 Mr. Fauzi Ichsan

Senior Economist and Head of Government

Relations Standard Chartered Bank

Previously Speaker & adviser, ASEAN central

bank deputy governors forum

Member of the Bank's Indonesia management

committee.

8 Mr. Sandiaga Uno

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Saratoga Capital

9 Mr Sabam Siagian Director the Jakarta Post

Adviser Indonesia Australia Business Council

(IABC)

Indonesian Ambassador to Australia 1967-1973

10 Mr. Meidyatama

Suryadiningrat

Chief Editor The Jakarta Post

11 Prof. Azyumardi Azra

Indonesian Public Intellectual, Islamic thinker

Former Rector, State Islamic University of Syarif

Hidayatullah (UIN Jakarta)

12 Prof. Dr. Dewi Fortuna

Anwar

Director, The Habibie Centre

Senior Researcher, The Indonesian Institute of

Sciences (LIPI)

Deputy Secretary for Politics to the Vice

President, Secretariat of the Vice President

13 Prof. Dr. Ikrar Nusa Bakti Researcher, The Indonesian Institute of Sciences

(LIPI)

14 Dr. Arif Satria

Dean of Faculty of Human Ecology, Bogor

Agricultural University (IPB)

15 Dr. Rintis Noviyanti

Senior Researcher, The Eijkman Institute for

Molecular Biology

16 Ms. Ima Abdulrahim

Executive Director, The Habibie Center

17 Dr. Rizal Sukma

Executive Director, Centre for Strategic and

International Studies (CSIS)

18 Clara Joewono

Vice Chair, Centre for Strategic and International

Relations (CSIS) Foundation

19 Medelina K. Hendytio

Head of Department of Politics and International

Relations, Centre for Strategic and International

Studies (CSIS)

20 Maria Monica Wihardja

Researcher, Department of Economics, Centre for

Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)