
Speakers ACLF 2021
Ian Anderson

Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Student and University Experience
The Australian National University
Kenneth Baldwin

Director
Zero Carbon Energy
The Australian National University
Howard Bamsey

Honorary Professor
School of Regulation and Global Governance
The Australian National University
Erica Bell

Digital Communications Officer
Young Australians in International Affairs
Laura Berry

Chief Executive Officer
Supply Nation
Julie Bishop

Chancellor
The Australian National University
Leeanne Bond

Independent Non-executive Director and Chair
Various
Sunita Bose

Managing Director
Digital Industry Group Inc. (DIGI)
Samantha Bradshaw

Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford University
Robert Breunig

Director
Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Crawford School of Public Policy
The Australian National University
Megan Brownlow

Managing Director
Housten Consulting
Angus Campbell

Chief of Defence Force
Australian Defence Force
Melinda Cilento

Chief Executive Officer
Committee for Economic Development of Australia
Melissa Conley-Tyler

Program Lead
Asia-Pacific Development
Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue
Simon Crerar

Co-founder
PS Media
Larry Diamond

Senior fellow
Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and Hoover Institution
Stanford University/Hoover
Dino Patti Djalal

Founder
Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia
Tony Dreise

Pro Vice-Chancellor
First Nations Education and Research
University of Southern Queensland
Robert Einhorn

Senior Fellow
Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative
Brookings Institution
Ann Evans

Dean
Higher Degree Research
The Australian National University
Heather Evans

Supply Chain Manager
CDL Covid-19 Rapid Screening Consortium
Gareth Evans

Distinguished Honorary Professor
The Australian National University
Jo Evans

Deputy Secretary
Climate Change and Energy Innovation Group
Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
Samson Vilvil Fare

High Commissioner for Vanuatu
Tobias Feakin

Ambassador
Cyber Affairs and Critical Technology
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Michèle Flournoy

Co-Founder and Managing Partner
WestExec Advisors
Renee Fry- McKibbin

Professor
Crawford School of Public Policy
The Australian National University
Josh Frydenberg

Treasurer
Commonwealth of Australia
Arunabha Ghosh

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Amanda Gorely

Ambassador
Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Peter Harris

Adviser
Tanarra Capital
Selwin Hart

Assistant Secretary-General for the Climate Action Team
Justin Hayhurst

Deputy Secretary
Indo-Pacific Group
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Kathryn Henne

Director and Professor
School of Regulation and Global Governance
The Australian National University
Iain Henry

Senior Lecturer
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
The Australian National University
Emma Herd

Partner
Climate Change
Ernst & Young
Mark Howden

Director
ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions
The Australian National University
S Jaishankar

Minister of External Affairs of India
Madhumitha Janagaraja

President/Undergraduate ANU Council Member
ANU Students' Association
The Australian National University
Laura Jayes

AM Agenda Host
Sky News
Daryl Karp

Director
Museum of Australian Democracy
Natasha Kassam

Director
Public Opinion and Foreign Policy Program, Lowy Institute
Lowy Institute
Ayhan Kose

Chief Economist and Director
The World Bank
Louisa Lim

Senior Lecturer
University of Melbourne
Catherine L. Mann

External Member of the Monetary Policy Committee
Bank of England
Richard Maude

Director
Crawford Leadership Forum
The Australian National University
Siobhan McDonnell

Senior Lecturer
College of Asia & the Pacific
The Australian National University
Adam McKissack

Chief Economist
Business Council of Australia
Rory Medcalf

Head
National Security College
The Australian National University
Shalailah Medhora

Political Reporter
Triple J Hack
ABC
Caroline Millar

Deputy Secretary
National Security and International policy
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
Ritika Passi

Visiting Fellow
Observer Research Foundation
Hinauri Petana

High Commissioner for Samoa
Bayu Pratama

Youth Representative, Youth Worker
Centre for Multicultural Youth
Les Twentyman Foundation
Bridi Rice

Chief Executive Officer
Development Intelligence Lab
Liz Ritchie

CEO
Regional Australia Institute
Mark Ryan

Executive Director
Judith Neilson Institute
Luke Rycken

Executive Officer
Australian Youth Affairs Coalition
Brian Schmidt

Vice-Chancellor & President
The Australian National University
Zed Seselja

Minister for International Development and the Pacific
Federal Australian Government
Dave Sharma

Chair
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
Liberal Party of Australia
Jill Sheppard

Senior Lecturer in Politics
School of Politics and International Relations
The Australian National University
Harinder Sidhu

Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Secretary
Service Delivery Group
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Rod Sims

Chair
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Robert Sisilo

High Commissioner of Solomon Islands
Heather Smith

Non-executive Director
The Australian National University
Miranda Stewart

Professor, Honarary Professor
Melbourne Law School, Crawford School of Public Policy
University of Melbourne, The Australian National University
Sarah Teo

Assistant Professor
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Dietmar Tourbier

Science Director
Energy
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Jason Trethowan

CEO
headspace
Margaret Walter

Pro Vice Chancellor
University of Tasmania
Heng Wang

Professor and Co-director
Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Centre
The University of New South Wales
Tao Wang

Managing Director, Head of Asian Economics
Economics
UBS Investment Bank
Tim Watts

Federal Member of Parliament
Federal Member for Gellibrand
Martijn Wilder

Founding Partner
Pollination
Jenny Wilkinson

Deputy Secretary
Fiscal Group
Department of the Treasury
Danielle Wood

Chief Executive Officer
Grattan institute
Thomas Wright

Director
Center on the United States and Europe
Brookings Institution
Constantino Xavier

Fellow
Foreign Policy and Security Studies
Center for Social and Economic Progress
Yang Yao

Dean
The National School of Development
Peking University