Dr Margaret Byrne has worked and consulted in China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam, the UK, New Zealand, France and Italy, as well as in four Pacific nations. She has a long-standing commitment to helping managers and leaders operate internationally. This includes supporting Westerners engage with an increasingly global market. For example, Margaret prepares each of Australia's Trade Commissioners before their departure to more than thirty different countries.

This commitment also involves assisting non-Westerners build productive relationships with their English-speaking colleagues and counterparts. Margaret has designed and delivered programs on negotiating with Westerners for the Chinese Government in Beijing. Her program 'Working with Australians' has now been delivered many times across the Asia-Pacific region.

From her study of other societies, Margaret brings a deep interest in challenging the assumptions and expectations that can limit our thinking. She brings this skill to the design delivery of the leadership component of the public programs conducted by Asialink, at the University of Melbourne, in partnership with the ANU and UTS.

Margaret is known for the way she balances intellectual rigour, with a passion for the practical outcomes that make a difference to leaders and their organisations.

Professor Anthony (Tony) Milner, Basham Professor of Asian History at the Australia National University
Tony was previously Dean of Asian Studies, Australia National University and Director of the Australian-Asian Perceptions Project, Academy of the Social Sciences.

Tony has been a member of the Commonwealth Government's Foreign Affairs Council since 1997, and was, for four years, a Panel Member of the Australian Research Council. He was a member of Council at the Australian National University, 2000-2002. In 2005, Tony was appointed member of both the newly formed Australia Malaysia Institute and Australia Thailand Institute.

Tony is Co-Chair of the Australian Committee of the Council for the Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific and of the Advisory Council of the AustralAsia Centre of The Asia Society.

In may 2001, he was Co-Convenor with Jenny McGregor (Asialink) of the Melbourne Roundtable, 'Australia's Future, Asia'. In 2002 and 2004, Tony has been a member of the organizing committee for the Asialink Conversations. Tony has also been a key contributor to the Asialink Leadership Program since its inception.

Tony was educated at Monash University, the University of Malaya and Cornell University and is also a member at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton (1989-1990).

Tony's writings have been published extensively and he has written numerous opinion pieces for The Australian, the Australian Financial Review and other papers.

Grant Robertson holds an MBA and Master of Electronic Commerce, having initially completed a Bachelor of Social Science, as well as an Honours Degree in Psychology. Grant has submitted his doctoral thesis in leadership, focussing on the very topical issues of distributed leadership and followership.

Grant was born in South Africa, where he held a wide range of positions in the corporate, public and education sectors.  In each, he envisioned, championed and led strategic projects that resulted in significant organisational change.

He is deeply interested in strategic thinking and strategic planning, and has consulted in this field to a range of organisations across all industry sectors.

Grant also has extensive experience in the design and delivery of development programs for executives and high potential leaders. He is known for his energetic and engaging presentation style.

He is an experienced executive coach, and has also coached elite athletes for peak performance.

His capacity to solve problems from a multi-disciplinary perspective, drawn from his diverse business experience, is a key strength that Grant brings to every client assignment. 

Professor Adrian Vickers
Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, University of Sydney.

Adrian Vickers has been carrying out research on Indonesia for almost thirty years, and in that period has observed the shifts in relations between Australia and Indonesia. Adrian’s disciplinary background is mainly in history, anthropology and cultural studies. As well as the Indonesian language, his research has involved drawing on sources in Balinese, Kawi (Old and Middle Javanese) and Dutch.

Research areas include Indonesian history and historiography, Indonesian art, Panji stories in Southeast Asia, labour and globalisation in the Asia-Pacific, and Australian-Indonesian relations. Current projects include the politics of Indonesian history since the fall of Suharto, Indonesian labour migration to northern Australia, the clothing industry in the Asia-Pacific, and the history of Balinese painting.
His publications include: A History of Modern Indonesia; Journeys of Desire: The Balinese Malat in Text and History; and Balinese Modern Art. Mementos, Diversions and Masterworks 1928-1942.