We convened The Fourth Council on Economic Participation for Refugees meeting on 8 August 2019 at the Canberra office of the Boston Consulting Group. This meeting was part of Centre for Policy Development’s Cities & Settlement Initiative. Building on the momentum from the meeting in April 2019, this meeting sought to further the opportunities created by the centre of gravity for humanitarian settlement services in the Department of Home Affairs.
Government
Benjamin Meagher -Assistant Secretary – Immigration, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet
Benedikte Jensen First Assistant Secretary – Labour Market Strategy Division, Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
Debbie Mitchell – General Manager – Participation and Disability Division, Services Australia
Donna Mosford – Assistant Director – Policy, Settlement & Briefings, Multicultural NSW
Jason Coutts – Assistant Secretary, Foundation Skills Branch – Apprenticeships & Workforce Skills Division, Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
Jess Del Rio – Assistant Secretary – Settlement & AMEP Programs, Department of Home Affairs
Katrina Currie – Executive Director – Employment, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions
Kriss McKie – Manager – Community Planning & Development, Wyndham City Council
Lill Healy – Deputy Secretary – Service Delivery and Place Based Reform, Department of Premier and Cabinet Victoria
Lisa Tudehope – A/g Director, Settlement and AMEP Programs, Department of Home Affairs
Luke Mansfield – First Assistant Secretary – Refugee, Humanitarian and Settlement, Department of Home Affairs
Service Providers/Employers
Kerrin Benson – CEO, Multicultural Development Association
Leigh Hardingham – Senior Manager – Inclusion and Diversity, John Holland
Paris Aristotle AO – CEO, Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Chair, Ministerial Advisory Council on Settlement Services
Sonja Hood – CEO, Community Hubs Australia
Secertariat
Frances Kitt – Policy Adviser, Centre for Policy Development
Henry Sherrell – Research Associate, Centre for Policy Development
Shivani Nadan – Engagement Manager, Centre for Policy Development
Advisory
Annabel Brown – Program Director, Centre for Policy Development
Lisa Button – Senior Manager, Centre for Policy Development
Mark Watters – Partner & Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group
Travers McLeod – CEO, Centre for Policy Development
Trish Clancy – Partner, Boston Consulting Group
Observers
Samantha Muir – Acting Director – Settlement Outcomes Section, Department of Home Affairs
Talia Stump – Principal Policy Officer Settlement, Multicultural NSW
