Hass Dellal

Hass Dellal

Executive Director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation

Dr Bulent (Hass) Dellal AO is the Executive Director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation, 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 include: Co-Chair of the Victoria Police Multi-faith Council, Chair of the Australian Multicultural Council, Commonwealth of Australia, Board Member of Council for Australian-Arab Relations, board member of Pennington Institute, Member, Expert Advisory Committee on Countering Violent Extremism, Dept. of Justice and Community Safety, Vic. Govt., Australian Government, 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, InTouch Men’s Advisory Committee Member, a Fellow of the Williamson Leadership Program, an Australia Day Ambassador and served as a Special Adviser to the Australasian Police Multicultural Advisory Bureau by the Conference of Commissioners of Police, Australasia, and the South West Pacific Region.

He 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 the 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.

Appointed as Adjunct Professor, Alfred Deakin Institutes, faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University on 13th May 2020.