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| David Hetherington, Executive Director | |
David is the founding Executive Director of Per Capita. David has previously worked at the UK's Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr), with L.E.K. Consulting in Sydney, Munich and Auckland, focusing on the natural resources, airports, and financial services sectors, and at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Commerce Centre, where he advised businesses preparing for the Olympic Games. He holds a BA with First Class Honours from UNSW and an MPA with Distinction from the London School of Economics where he won the George W. Jones Prize for Academic Achievement.
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| Tim Soutphommasane, Senior Project Leader | |
Tim is a political theorist/philosopher and has been a senior project leader with Per Capita since 2010. He is the author of Reclaiming Patriotism: Nation-Building for Australian Progressives (Cambridge University Press, 2009), which was shortlisted for a NSW Premier's Literary Award 2010, and the co-editor of All That's Left: What Labor Should Stand For (UNSW Press, 2010). Tim has worked in state and federal politics, and also in London as a leader-writer with The Guardian and The Financial Times. In addition to his Per Capita role, Tim is a research fellow at the National Centre for Australian Studies in Monash University, a fellow at the St James Ethics Centre and a columnist with The Weekend Australian. His commentary features regularly on ABC News 24 and ABC Radio National, and in publications including The Monthly and The Australian Literary Review. Tim holds a master’s degree and a doctorate from the University of Oxford, where he was a Commonwealth Scholar, and is a first-class honours graduate of the University of Sydney.
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| Esther Sadler, Development Manager | |
Esther Sadler comes from a background at Philanthropy Australia, the Heart Research Centre, Hume City Council and the Victorian Department of Premier & Cabinet. Esther has extensive experience in the Australian philanthropic sector and has worked internationally in Europe at The European Foundation Centre. Awarded a Rockefeller Foundation grant in 2001 she became a Senior Fellow in Philanthropy at City University of New York writing a paper on "Diaspora Philanthropy". Esther also holds a B.A. (Melb) and a Masters of Public Policy and Management (Melb). Based in Melbourne, Esther is responsible for building our donor base and co-ordinating research grants with supporting trusts and foundations.
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| Edwina Throsby, Communications Manager | |
Edwina Throsby is a multi award-winning documentary maker, television producer and journalist. She has worked on programs including Q&A, Media Watch and Four Corners, as well as all of Roy and HG’s Olympics Shows. She was the founding producer of the ABC’s multi-platform flagship talks programme Big Ideas. Her film Dance Like Your Old Man (co-directed with Gideon Obarzanek) took out major prizes at the Melbourne International Film Festival and Flickerfest in 2007, and has received a number of international awards. Her film A Sense of Smell was a major prize-winner at the International Documentary Association’s awards in 2000, and was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in that year. She holds a BA with first class honours from Sydney University, an MA with honours from AFTRS, and is currently studying for a PhD in politics and media at UNSW.
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