Patron in Chief

Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC, Governor of New South Wales

Deputy Patrons

The Hon. Bob Carr, former Premier of NSW

The Hon. John Joseph Aquilina, MP, Speaker of the NSW Legislative Assembly

Mr Russell Grove, Clerk of the NSW Legislative Assembly

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The Centre for Middle East and North African Studies is a centre within the Division of Humanities at Macquarie University. The Centre has an Advisory Board which meets quarterly and a Management Committee of nine, drawn from the Advisory Board, which meets monthly.

Board members

Anthony Khouri, Chairman, Group Chairman, Khouri Group of Companies (construction & development). Hon Consul General Bangladesh.

Hon. Tony Abbott, MHR. Minster for Health.

Mr Phillip Eliason, Director, Philip Eliason and Associates www.peaa.com.au.

Laurie Ferguson, MP, Federal Member for Reid.

Dr Geoffrey Hawker, Head of Department, Politics & International Relations, Macquarie University.

Professor Michael Humphrey, Head of Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of NSW.

Mr Antony Loewenstein, Journalist and author.

Ms Robyn Maher, Bequests Manager, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute

Professor Peter Manning, Adjunct Professor of Journalism, UTS

Assoc Professor Bill McGaw*, General Manager, Macquarie University International Office.

Dr John Shepherd , Senior Lecturer Computer Science UNSW. Co-developer of ME politics online simulation.

Mr Karl Van Dyke, Manager, Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University.

Mr Gus Zalami, graduate of Macquarie with extensive business activities in the Middle East.

Ms Juliet Zora, Lewis Land Group of Companies.

* Ex-officio Board members