President
Assoc. Prof. Anthony Ware
Anthony is an Associate Professor of Humanitarianism and Development at Deakin University, with extensive experience in establishing and leading organisations.
He is co-founder and former director of the Australia Myanmar Institute, co-founder and former secretary of the Development Studies Association of Australia, and set up and ran the Convenor of the Development-Humanitarian Research Group at Deakin University for several years.
As well as being the President of CPO, Anthony is the principal trombonist with CPO and plays with other community music groups in outer southeast and eastern Melbourne.