The AIIA team

13 Mar 2025
Heather Smith has had 20 years’ experience in the Australian Public Service at leadership levels covering economic, industry, innovation, communications,
12 Mar 2024
Paul Lucas is the National Vice President of the AIIA. Until August 2025, he is also the AIIA Queensland President.
13 Feb 2024
Sophie England is a partner at Deloitte and the treasurer of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. She has more
11 Mar 2025
Dr Hughes, an expert on energy policy,  is professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, where he also serves
13 Feb 2024
Dr Tim Legrand is an associate professor and associate dean (Research Performance) for the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
13 Feb 2024
Brendan Augustin is the president of AIIA Western Australia. He grew up in Penang, Malaysia before moving to Australia as
13 Oct 2025
Leonard Blazeby worked as a barrister and solicitor in South Australia and Victoria and volunteered with the Australian Red Cross
26 Mar 2025
Professor Marcus Haward is a political scientist at the University of Tasmania who specialises in oceans and Antarctic governance and
13 Oct 2025
Reimen Hii is the President of the AIIA Queensland. He is an Australian barrister (of Malaysian-Chinese heritage) with a practice
26 Mar 2025
13 Feb 2024
Richard Iron is President of AIIA Victoria. He was educated at the University of Cambridge in the UK. He served
13 Feb 2024
Ian Lincoln has been President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs, New South Wales, since December 2017. He was