Meet Our Team

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Justin Bassi

Executive Director

Andrew Horton

Chief Operating Officer

Mike Hughes

Director - Defence Strategy Program

Putri Handrianti

Chief Financial Officer

David Wroe

Resident Senior Fellow and Sydney Dialogue Convenor

James Corera

Director - Cyber, Technology and Security Program

Mike Norris

Director - Professional Development Program

Dr John Coyne

Director - National Security Program

Afeeya Akhand

Researcher - Cyber, Technology and Security Program

Bethany Allen

Head of China Investigations and Analysis - Cyber, Technology and Security Program

Dr Nathan Attrill

China Analyst - Cyber, Technology and Security Program

Alexander Belford

Coordinator - Professional Development Program

Dr Alex Bristow

Senior Analyst - Professional Development and Defence Strategy

Steve Clark

Publications Manager

Linus Cohen

Coordinator & Junior Researcher

Michael Copage

Head of Climate and Security Policy Centre

Dr Malcolm Davis

Senior Analyst - Defence Strategy

Eloise Dennis

Coordinator - Professional Development Program

Dr Fitriani

Senior Analyst - Cyber, Technology and Security Program

Dr Euan Graham

Senior Analyst - Defence Strategy

Branka Hage

Human Resources Manager
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Nate Haslam

IT Manager

Bart Hogeveen

Senior Fellow - Director Europe
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Cheryl Horton

Project Lead - The Sydney Dialogue

Byron Illyes

Graphic Designer and Web Development

Blake Johnson

Senior Analyst - Defence Strategy and the Pacific

Jocelinn Kang

Program Manager and Technical Specialist - Cyber, Technology and Security Program
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Joe Keary

Senior Analyst - Defence Strategy

Brenda Lam

Human Resources/Payroll Officer

Dr Jennifer Wong Leung

Data Scientist - Cyber, Technology and Security Program
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Raelene Lockhorst

Deputy Director - National Security Program

Anne Lyons

Acting Deputy Director and Resident Senior Fellow - Professional Development

Cynthia Mehboob

Analyst - Cyber, Technology and Security Program

Olivia Nelson

Assistant Director - Executive and Strategy

Malki Opatha

Senior Coordinator - Cyber, Technology and Security Program

Georgia Opie

Executive Assistant to the Executive Director and Coordinator of Executive and Strategy

Dr Gatra Priyandita

Senior Analyst - Cyber, Technology and Security Program

Dr Rajeswari (Raji) Pillai Rajagopalan

Resident Senior Fellow - Cyber, Technology and Security Program

Anush Raventhiraraja

Senior Commercial Manager

Stephan Robin

Data Scientist - Cyber, Technology and Security Program

Nathan Ruser

Analyst - Cyber, Technology and Security Program

Fergus Ryan

Senior Analyst - Cyber, Technology and Security Program

Sasha Shevtsova

Head of Events

Shelly Shih

Junior Data Researcher - Cyber, Technology and Security Program

Courtney Stewart

Senior Resident Fellow - Defence Strategy

Angela Suriyasenee

Researcher - Cyber, Technology and Security Program

Chris Taylor

Head of Statecraft and Intelligence Centre

Susan Thomson

Coordinator - National Security Program

Adam Ziogas

Subeditor - The Strategist