Allan Gyngell
 Allan Gyngell  (spook, academic) | ||||||||
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||
| Member of | Australian Institute of International Affairs, Lowy Institute, Trilateral Commission | |||||||
Director-General of the Australian Office of National Assessments (ONA) from 2009 to 2013.
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Allan Gyngell was appointed the National President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) in September 2017, having previously been named a Fellow of the AIIA in 2010[1]. He is a member of the Trilateral Commission.
He is an honorary professor with the Australian National University’s College of Asia and the Pacific and was most recently Director of the ANU Crawford Leadership Forum.[1]
Gyngell has had an extensive career in Australian international affairs. From readying Canberra for Papua New Guinea's independence in 1975 to identifying the significance of Mikhail Gorbachev for the Soviet Union, shaping the alliance with the United States and setting the policy for Australia's engagement with Asia, Gyngell has played an integral role.[2]
He was the Director-General of the Australian Office of National Assessments (ONA) from 2009 to 2013, on request from PM Kevin Rudd[2]. Prior to leading the ONA, he was the founding Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy from 2003 to 2009. Additionally, he has worked at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, serving as an Australian diplomat in Rangoon, Singapore and Washington. He was Senior Advisor (International) to Prime Minister Paul Keating between 1993 and 1996.[1]
Gyngell was appointed as an Officer in the Order of Australia in 2009 for services to international relations. In 2007, he co-authored Making Australian Foreign Policy with Michael Wesley. His most recent book, Fear of Abandonment: Australia in the World Since 1942, was released in 2017.[1]
