Dr Bulent (Hass) Dellal AO
Dr Bulent (Hass) Dellal AO is the Chair of the Australian Multicultural Foundation, Former Executive Director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation (1989-2024), Former Chair of the Australian Multicultural Council, the Former Chair of SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) and appointed Panel Chair for the Commonwealth’s Multicultural Framework Review, May 2023.
He has over 30 years of experience in multicultural affairs and serves on a number of committees and boards which have included: Former Chair Centre for Multicultural Youth, Co-Chair of the Victoria Police Multi-faith Council, Former Board Member of Council for Australian-Arab Relations, Advisory Committee Member for InTouch Men’s, Advisory Board member of Immigration Museum Victoria, and currently is on the Advisory Committee for the Monash University Cohesion Research Program and is a Board Member of the Pennington Institute, Member, Expert Advisory Committee on Countering Violent Extremism, Dept. of Justice and Community Safety, Vic. Govt. Served as a Special Adviser to the Australasian Police Multicultural Advisory Bureau for the Conference of Commissioners of Police, Australasia, and the South West Pacific Region. A consortium member of Centre for Resilient and Inclusive Societies (CRIS), a member of the South East Asian Network of Civil Society Organizations (SEAN-CO) and Chair of Alfred Deakin Institute (ADI)’s Advisory Board, a Fellow of the Williamson Leadership Program, an Australia Day Ambassador and is currently Emeritus Patron of the Islamic Museum of Australia.
Internationally, he co-founded and established the European Multicultural Foundation. He also introduced the biannual Diversity Matters Conferences for Commonwealth nations and has promoted the Australian multicultural experience internationally on many occasions.
He has also organised and co-hosted numerous conferences including: the National Muslim Youth Summits, the National Conference of Imams on behalf of the Commonwealth Government which informed the National Action Plan, the 2007 Metropolis Conference with Monash University and the 2018 Metropolis Conference with Multicultural NSW and Settlement Services International.
Dr Dellal was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division for services to Multicultural Organisations, the Arts, and the Community on the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 1997 and awarded the Centenary of Federation Medal in 2003. He was conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Social Sciences by RMIT University on 13 December 2006. In 2015, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to the multicultural community through leadership and advisory roles, to the advancement of inclusiveness and social harmony, to youth, and to the broadcast media.
Dr Dellal was appointed as Adjunct Professor, Alfred Deakin Institutes, Faculty of Arts and Education at Deakin University on 13th May 2020.