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Albert Dadon AM was delighted to announce today that Phil Scanlan AM
has accepted the invitation to become the first Governor of the Australia
Israel Cultural Exchange.
Phil Scanlan has an enterprise career embracing more than 25 years with
public companies as chief executive, director and chairman spanning the
Middle East, Asia Pacific, Europe and North America; he is the founder of
the Australian American Leadership Dialogue and a Fellow of the Australian
Institute of Company Directors, an Executive Fellow of Melbourne Business
School as well as a Fellow at the Australia and New Zealand School of
Government. He is a National Governor of the Australia-Israel Chamber of
Commerce, a longstanding member of the YPONJPO global entrepreneurial
network, a board member of Asialink and has served on the Business
Council of Australia.
'Key to bilateral strategic engagement is mutual understanding of the
underlying societal and cultural imperatives driving human excellence
in chosen fields of endeavour. The focus of Australia Israel Cultural
Exchange is core to this dynamic between our countries.' stated Phil
Scanlan.
Educated at Sydney, Adelaide, Oxford and Harvard universities, Mr Scanlan
has served on the Fulbright board and was inaugural Chairman of The
Sydney Institute, where he remains Emeritus Governor. He was appointed a
Member of the Order of Australia in 1998 in recognition of his voluntary
service to international relations and promotion of public health and
environmental concerns. In 2003 he received the Centenary Medal.
AICE Chairman, Albert Dadon AM, stated: 'As AICE shapes its future, I
welcome Phil's input. With his insight, wealth of knowledge and
experience, I feel priviledged that Phil will join me and the AICE Board
members to influence the future direction of our organisation.'
Background: Formed on 2nd of December 2002 through the only Joint
Declaration ever between the Australia and Israel Governments,
simultaneously announced by satellite in Canberra and Jerusalem by the
respective Foreign Ministers Alexander Downer and Benjamin Netanyahou,
AICE quickly established itself as a principal partner in the promotion and
facilitation of cultural exchange between the two countries across many art
forms. More recently, an increasing focus of its work has been one of
advocacy for cultural exchange and understanding, achieved through the
organisation of a number of delegations of key politicians, academics,
journalists and cultural representatives to both Australia and Israel alongside
the publication of the quarterly magazine, Rhapsody.
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