Andrew MacLeod
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Andrew MacLeod is the CEO of the Committee for Melbourne, Foundation Chair of the United Nations
Global Compact Principles for Social Investment
and a member of the United Nations Expert Group on Responsible Business and Investment in High-Risk Areas. He is a patron of Swags for the Homeless and is an Ambassador for the Victorian Youth Mentoring Alliance.
An author of two fiction novels and a contributing author to non-fiction, he is a valued speaker and motivator.
Previously MacLeod was a senior international humanitarian official, emergency management
specialist and post disaster recovery expert, who most notably served as Chief of Operations in the United Nations
Emergency Coordination Centre in the International response to the 2005 Kashmir earthquake
(2005 Kashmir earthquake
).
, Australia
. He was educated at St Michael's Grammar School
, where he was School Captain, in Melbourne. He won colors for swimming, football and drama and was a member of the first ever school team to compete in the Wild-treck Winter Classic two day adventure race.
He volunteered early as a surf lifesaver first as a junior 'nipper' (age 6-12) and then as Junior Club Captain at the Surf lifesaving club in Point Lonsdale Victoria
.
He obtained Bachelor of Law and Arts degrees from the University of Tasmania
. Whilst there MacLeod was President of the Student Sports Council, Vice President of the Student Union, Manager of the Student Housing Scheme and was a 'bouncer' at the University bar.
MacLeod went on to gain a Masters of International Law at Southampton University, where he became the top debater in Britain for that year. Later he was part of Melbourne University's Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law and was a Visiting Fellow at the Graduate Institute of International Studies
in Geneva
. MacLeod also holds a graduate Diploma in International Law from the University of Melbourne
.
with the Australian Army
. MacLeod and colleagues where part of an experimental model of Officer Training called "the Brighton model" that combined both university studies and military training through the Australian Army Reserve
. This experiment went on to create the now defunct "Ready Reserve" scheme.
During his military service MacLeod served attachments with the British Army
's Royal Green Jackets
and was awarded the Australian Defence Medal
. He remains on the 'Inactive Reserve' list.
(1994), Supreme Court of New South Wales
(1994) the High Court of Australia
(1994), and in England and Wales (1995). During this time he worked for law firms such as Withnell and Co in Australia, Watson Farley and Williams in the United Kingdom and Norton Rose in the UK and Greece.
The arrest of the vessel Rokko San was a case that highlighted the shameful state of many merchant vessels that often left crew in enormous danger or stranded with their vessel arrested. MacLeod, with the team from Watson Farley and Williams was able to have the crew returned home, the ship decommissioned and scrapped.
(ICRC) and was given responsibility for negotiating security and access guarantees in the former Yugoslavia
during the Yugoslav wars
. It was for this deployment that MacLeod was awarded his first Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal
.
In 1996-1997 MacLeod created a joint program with the International Lifesaving Federation, The Belgrade Centre for the Prevention of Drowning and the Yugoslav Red Cross to establish Serbia and Montenegro's first ever water rescue program (now Montenegro). This program was based on the model of Surf Life Saving Australia
and still is in existence today. For this work the Montenegro red Cross awarded MacLeod the Silver Medal for humanity.
Following Yugoslavia, MacLeod was sent, in 1998, to Rwanda
to work in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
and ongoing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
. He negotiated and implemented Law of Armed Conflict training programs within the military factions of those conflicts, which contributed to improved access for aid workers.
Together with the then Military Prosecutor General, Lt Col Andrew Rwigamba, MacLeod wrote and implemented the first Army wide code of discipline that help start the process of professionalisation in the post-genocide Rwandan military.
Under the auspices of the International Commission of Jurists
he monitored the 1999 independence referendum in East Timor
, evacuated several pro-independence leaders in the violent aftermath, the 2001 parliamentary elections
in Sri Lanka
and conducted a scrutineer school for local party officials in the lead up to the 2002 Presidential election
in East Timor.
.
Following the Pakistan earthquake, one of the most difficult natural disaster response conducted by the United Nations in recent years, MacLeod worked as Chief of Operations of the United Nations Emergency Coordination Center which coordinated the delivery of aid and relief.
MacLeod, together with Maj-Gen Nadeem Ahmad
modified an experimental model of coordination for the earthquake response known as "Cluster Approach", based on a series of recommendations made during a full review of humanitarian operation conducted through 2005. Whilst it was then a new and untried method, the "Cluster Approach" is now used as a model for global disaster management.
This model has now been applied to other countries, with MacLeod assisting the National Disaster Coordinating Council in the Philippines with similar work through 2008.
MacLeod was part of the United Nations Development Program expert group that helped formulate new post disaster recovery rules and guidelines.
MacLeod remains on the United Nations Roster of deployable post disaster recovery experts and disaster response coordination experts through the United Nations UNDAC system.
taking over from Sally Capp. The Committee, founded in 1985, is an independent member network of Melbourne leaders working together to ensure Melbourne’s liveability and economic prosperity. The Committee for Melbourne had previously been responsible for the Docklands, Victoria project, City Circle Tram and many other projects aimed at enhancing Melbourne liveability.
Previously with RI MacLeod had advised BHP Billiton and other companies on how to more effectively use their Corporate Social responsibility spending to assist with bringing under developed economies out of poverty.
Global Compact created the Principles for Social Investment
to encourage the further expansion of the private sector's involvement in social investment. MacLeod is the foundation chair of the principles for Social Investment Secretariat, based in Melbourne Australia.
MacLeod formerly sat on the Boards of:
MacLeod is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
a former Member of the Law Institute of Victoria, The Law Society (England and Wales) and the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand.
Additionally, MacLeod is a patron of Swags for the Homeless and is an Ambassador for the Victorian Youth Mentoring Alliance http://www.youthmentoringvic.org.au/about-us/257/#andrew
Andrew is also a life member of Antarctic Circle Expeditioners and the Society of Antarctic Divers.
candidate for the Australian House of Representatives
seat of McEwen
for the 2001 National Election. MacLeod first joined the Australian Labor Party as a student in the late 1980s and had many active party roles chairing various branches and policy committees over the years.In 1992 MacLeod stood for the Tasmanian seat of Franklin where he received the lowest vote of all Labor candidates. At the 2001 election MacLeod achieved a swing nearly 2% better than the ALP national swing, making him the best performed candidate in that seat at any election from 1998-2007. Following the 2001 Federal Election failure MacLeod worked as a electoral officer for the Victorian Deputy Premier John Thwaites before undertaking the majority of his United Nations work.
in 2002 and spent many years as a volunteer Surf lifesaver at Point Lonsdale in Victoria winning medals as part of Point Lonsdale Surf Lifesaving Club's R&R Team in the early 1980s.
Sample of other prize winning shots
MacLeod has published several coffee table photograph books from places like the Antarctic, Burma, Philippines and others on his photographic website.
He is the author of the fictional piece "Doing Good by Mistake - a humouros look at NGOs in disaster" ISBN 978-1463600273.
Featuring twelve original essays by leading practitioners, policymakers, and scholars, the book is a state of the field report on problems, threats, and opportunities facing relief efforts in today's world.
The issues include military and civilian cooperation in large-scale disasters, with special attention to the growth of private armies. How traditional nongovernmental organizations and faith-based agencies adapt to newchallenges is also explored. Ways to strengthen security for humanitarian workers, refugees, and internally displaced persons and those in transition after wars are also considered. Bringing together diplomatic, military, medical, legal, political, religious, and ethical perspectives from experiences in Darfur, West Africa, Iraq, Pakistan, and other areas, the essays offer an authoritative inventory of where humanitarian relief has been, and how it must change to save lives and communities in peril.
One man struggles against the in-built corruption of the aid 'system'.
Whilst his personal struggle was lost, he put in place a series of events that caused an unexpected gain.
Norman swayed as he stared out the window. He looked down the five floors to the car park below. ‘The Fat Man’ was struggling to pull himself from the new Mercedes and would undoubtedly heave his huge frame up the stairs to Norman’s office.
“Christ the man is fat” thought Norman. He took one last pull from the bottle of Jack Daniel’s in preparation for the torment that was fated to follow. Norman often wondered how a man could get so fat, and drive a Mercedes - be driven in a Mercedes - in a country crippled by war and international sanctions.
“Another meeting with this corrupt pig,” he thought.
So begins "Doing Good by Mistake"
If you ever thought donating to large charities was good, this book will make you think again.
MacLeod was awarded:
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Global Compact Principles for Social Investment
Principles for Social Investment
The Principles for Social Investment is an initiative of the United Nations Global Compact to provide an ethical foundation and guidelines for social investment by companies and their foundations, community foundations and private foundations and thereby encourage an integrated, strategic and...
and a member of the United Nations Expert Group on Responsible Business and Investment in High-Risk Areas. He is a patron of Swags for the Homeless and is an Ambassador for the Victorian Youth Mentoring Alliance.
An author of two fiction novels and a contributing author to non-fiction, he is a valued speaker and motivator.
Previously MacLeod was a senior international humanitarian official, emergency management
Emergency management
Emergency management is the generic name of an interdisciplinary field dealing with the strategic organizational management processes used to protect critical assets of an organization from hazard risks that can cause events like disasters or catastrophes and to ensure the continuance of the...
specialist and post disaster recovery expert, who most notably served as Chief of Operations in the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Emergency Coordination Centre in the International response to the 2005 Kashmir earthquake
International response to the 2005 Kashmir earthquake
In the international response to the 2005 Kashmir earthquake many countries, international organizations and non-governmental organizations offered relief aid to the affected regions. The aid given was in the form of monetary donations and pledges, as well as relief supplies including food,...
(2005 Kashmir earthquake
2005 Kashmir earthquake
The 2005 Kashmir earthquake was a major earthquake centered in Pakistan-administered Kashmir known as Azad Kashmir, near the city of Muzaffarabad, affecting Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It occurred at 08:52:37 Pakistan Standard Time on 8 October 2005...
).
Early years and education
MacLeod was born in MelbourneMelbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. He was educated at St Michael's Grammar School
St Michael's Grammar School
St Michael's Grammar School is a co-educational independent day school located in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia.The school was founded in 1895 by the Community of the Sisters of the Church and is associated with the Anglican Church of Australia. St Michael's is located on a single campus, its...
, where he was School Captain, in Melbourne. He won colors for swimming, football and drama and was a member of the first ever school team to compete in the Wild-treck Winter Classic two day adventure race.
He volunteered early as a surf lifesaver first as a junior 'nipper' (age 6-12) and then as Junior Club Captain at the Surf lifesaving club in Point Lonsdale Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
.
He obtained Bachelor of Law and Arts degrees from the University of Tasmania
University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania is a medium-sized public Australian university based in Tasmania, Australia. Officially founded on 1 January 1890, it was the fourth university to be established in nineteenth-century Australia...
. Whilst there MacLeod was President of the Student Sports Council, Vice President of the Student Union, Manager of the Student Housing Scheme and was a 'bouncer' at the University bar.
MacLeod went on to gain a Masters of International Law at Southampton University, where he became the top debater in Britain for that year. Later he was part of Melbourne University's Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law and was a Visiting Fellow at the Graduate Institute of International Studies
Graduate Institute of International Studies
The Graduate Institute of International Studies, best known as HEI , was founded in 1927 as one of the first institutions in the world dedicated to the study of international relations...
in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
. MacLeod also holds a graduate Diploma in International Law from the University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria...
.
Career
Military
MacLeod was commissioned in 1991 as an officerOfficer (armed forces)
An officer is a member of an armed force or uniformed service who holds a position of authority. Commissioned officers derive authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, hold a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position...
with the Australian Army
Australian Army
The Australian Army is Australia's military land force. It is part of the Australian Defence Force along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. While the Chief of Defence commands the Australian Defence Force , the Army is commanded by the Chief of Army...
. MacLeod and colleagues where part of an experimental model of Officer Training called "the Brighton model" that combined both university studies and military training through the Australian Army Reserve
Australian Army Reserve
The Australian Army Reserve is a collective name given to the reserve units of the Australian Army. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, the reserve military force has been known by many names, including the Citizens Forces, the Citizen Military Forces, the Militia and, unofficially, the...
. This experiment went on to create the now defunct "Ready Reserve" scheme.
During his military service MacLeod served attachments with the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
's Royal Green Jackets
Royal Green Jackets
The Royal Green Jackets was an infantry regiment of the British Army, one of two "large regiments" within the Light Division .-History:...
and was awarded the Australian Defence Medal
Australian Defence Medal
The Australian Defence Medal is an Australian military decoration which recognises current and former Australian Defence Force personnel who completed an initial enlistment period, or four years service...
. He remains on the 'Inactive Reserve' list.
Admission
After graduation from university in 1992 MacLeod was admitted to practice law in the Supreme Court of VictoriaSupreme Court of Victoria
The Supreme Court of Victoria is the superior court for the State of Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1852, and is a superior court of common law and equity, with unlimited jurisdiction within the state...
(1994), Supreme Court of New South Wales
Supreme Court of New South Wales
The Supreme Court of New South Wales is the highest state court of the Australian State of New South Wales...
(1994) the High Court of Australia
High Court of Australia
The High Court of Australia is the supreme court in the Australian court hierarchy and the final court of appeal in Australia. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction, has the power of judicial review over laws passed by the Parliament of Australia and the parliaments of the States, and...
(1994), and in England and Wales (1995). During this time he worked for law firms such as Withnell and Co in Australia, Watson Farley and Williams in the United Kingdom and Norton Rose in the UK and Greece.
Notable cases
His work included assisting Rod Withnell in acting for passengers who survived the sinking of the MS Mikhail Lermontov which resulted in a lengthy legal judgement.The arrest of the vessel Rokko San was a case that highlighted the shameful state of many merchant vessels that often left crew in enormous danger or stranded with their vessel arrested. MacLeod, with the team from Watson Farley and Williams was able to have the crew returned home, the ship decommissioned and scrapped.
International Red Cross
After working on a number of high profile legal cases in Australia MacLeod joined the International Committee of the Red CrossInternational Committee of the Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a private humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. States parties to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005, have given the ICRC a mandate to protect the victims of international and...
(ICRC) and was given responsibility for negotiating security and access guarantees in the former Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
during the Yugoslav wars
Yugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...
. It was for this deployment that MacLeod was awarded his first Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal
Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal
The Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal is an award in the Australian honours system. The award is presented to those who perform humanitarian service in a foreign country, in particular those working in dangerous environments or conditions or during a humanitarian crisis...
.
In 1996-1997 MacLeod created a joint program with the International Lifesaving Federation, The Belgrade Centre for the Prevention of Drowning and the Yugoslav Red Cross to establish Serbia and Montenegro's first ever water rescue program (now Montenegro). This program was based on the model of Surf Life Saving Australia
Surf Life Saving Australia
Surf lifesaving is a multifaceted movement that comprises key aspects of voluntary lifeguard services and competitive surf sport. Originating in early 20th century Australia, the movement has expanded globally to other countries including New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and the United States...
and still is in existence today. For this work the Montenegro red Cross awarded MacLeod the Silver Medal for humanity.
Following Yugoslavia, MacLeod was sent, in 1998, to Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
to work in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide
Rwandan Genocide
The Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800,000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days through mid-July, over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate...
and ongoing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
. He negotiated and implemented Law of Armed Conflict training programs within the military factions of those conflicts, which contributed to improved access for aid workers.
Together with the then Military Prosecutor General, Lt Col Andrew Rwigamba, MacLeod wrote and implemented the first Army wide code of discipline that help start the process of professionalisation in the post-genocide Rwandan military.
International Commission of Jurists
International Commission of Jurists
The International Commission of Jurists is an international human rights non-governmental organization. The Commission itself is a standing group of 60 eminent jurists , including members of the senior judiciary in Australia, Canada, and South Africa and the former UN High Commissioner for Human...
he monitored the 1999 independence referendum in East Timor
East Timor
The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, commonly known as East Timor , is a state in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecusse, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor...
, evacuated several pro-independence leaders in the violent aftermath, the 2001 parliamentary elections
Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2001
Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on December 6, 2001, just a little over a year after the last elections in October 2000.-Background:The People's Alliance government faced a blow when most of the SLMC MPs left the coalition...
in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
and conducted a scrutineer school for local party officials in the lead up to the 2002 Presidential election
Elections in East Timor
East Timor elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people. The National Parliament has 88 members, 13 elected in single seat constituencies and 75 elected by proportional representation.-Latest...
in East Timor.
United Nations Expert
In 2003 MacLeod he worked with the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in reviewing and updating UNHCRs Early Warning and Emergency Preparedness procedures and worked on UN system wide improvements through the Inter-Agency Standing CommitteeInter-Agency Standing Committee
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee is an inter-agency forum of UN and non-UN humanitarian partners founded in 1992, to strengthen humanitarian assistance. The overall objective of the IASC is to improve the delivery of humanitarian assistance to affected populations...
.
Following the Pakistan earthquake, one of the most difficult natural disaster response conducted by the United Nations in recent years, MacLeod worked as Chief of Operations of the United Nations Emergency Coordination Center which coordinated the delivery of aid and relief.
MacLeod, together with Maj-Gen Nadeem Ahmad
Nadeem Ahmad
Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmad, HI, SE, TBt, is a retired Pakistan Army three-star general who is credited with planning and coordinating the relief and reconstruction efforts after the devastating earthquake of October 2005 firstly as head of military wing of Federal Relief Commission and then...
modified an experimental model of coordination for the earthquake response known as "Cluster Approach", based on a series of recommendations made during a full review of humanitarian operation conducted through 2005. Whilst it was then a new and untried method, the "Cluster Approach" is now used as a model for global disaster management.
This model has now been applied to other countries, with MacLeod assisting the National Disaster Coordinating Council in the Philippines with similar work through 2008.
MacLeod was part of the United Nations Development Program expert group that helped formulate new post disaster recovery rules and guidelines.
MacLeod remains on the United Nations Roster of deployable post disaster recovery experts and disaster response coordination experts through the United Nations UNDAC system.
Victorian Bush Fires Recovery
When bush fires struck central Victoria in 2009, MacLeod wrote early advice to the government of Victoria,and to local Federal MPs on how to set up the post disaster management for rebuilding and reconstruction.Committee for Melbourne
In 2010 MacLeod was appointed CEO of the Committee For MelbourneCommittee For Melbourne
The Committee for Melbourne is a non-profit organisation based in Melbourne, Australia, made up of businesses and organisation. The Committee was founded in 1985 to bring together businesses, academia and non-profit organisations to do activities, networking, and policy advice to government...
taking over from Sally Capp. The Committee, founded in 1985, is an independent member network of Melbourne leaders working together to ensure Melbourne’s liveability and economic prosperity. The Committee for Melbourne had previously been responsible for the Docklands, Victoria project, City Circle Tram and many other projects aimed at enhancing Melbourne liveability.
Responsible Investment
MacLeod remains an unpaid advisor to Responsible Investment which is an independent consultancy that specialises in assisting investment institutions to create and implement responsible investment practices.Previously with RI MacLeod had advised BHP Billiton and other companies on how to more effectively use their Corporate Social responsibility spending to assist with bringing under developed economies out of poverty.
Social Investment
In 2010 the United NationsUnited Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Global Compact created the Principles for Social Investment
Principles for Social Investment
The Principles for Social Investment is an initiative of the United Nations Global Compact to provide an ethical foundation and guidelines for social investment by companies and their foundations, community foundations and private foundations and thereby encourage an integrated, strategic and...
to encourage the further expansion of the private sector's involvement in social investment. MacLeod is the foundation chair of the principles for Social Investment Secretariat, based in Melbourne Australia.
Boards, Advisory Panels and Professional Bodies
MacLeod sits on the Boards of:- The Committee for Melbourne http://melbourne.org.au,
- The United Nations Global Compact Principles for Social Investment,
- La trobe University External Sustainability Board,
- United Nations Global Compact Cities Programme Advisory Council,
- The Australian Davos Connection Future Summit Advisory Board,and
- People.Productivity.Planet Advisory Board http://www.peopleproductivityplanet.com/advisory-board/.
MacLeod formerly sat on the Boards of:
- The Mandala Foundation http://www.mandalafoundation.org.au,
- The Office of Knowledge Capital http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/okc/Pages/About.aspx,
- The United Nations Global Compact Network Australia http://thehub.ethics.org.au/ungc/,
- The Building Melbourne Interim Board
- Australians for Just Refugee Programs (1999–2002)
- The Australian Republican MovementAustralian Republican MovementThe Australian Republican Movement is a non-partisan lobby group advocating constitutional change in Australia to a republican form of government, from a constitutional monarchy.-Foundation:...
(1999–2002)
MacLeod is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Australian Institute of Company Directors
The Australian Institute of Company Directors is Australia's leading membership body for directors in Australia and the leading Australian not-for-profit corporate governance organisation....
a former Member of the Law Institute of Victoria, The Law Society (England and Wales) and the Maritime Law Association of Australia and New Zealand.
Additionally, MacLeod is a patron of Swags for the Homeless and is an Ambassador for the Victorian Youth Mentoring Alliance http://www.youthmentoringvic.org.au/about-us/257/#andrew
Andrew is also a life member of Antarctic Circle Expeditioners and the Society of Antarctic Divers.
Australian Politics
MacLeod was the Australian Labor PartyAustralian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
candidate for the Australian House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....
seat of McEwen
Division of McEwen
The Division of McEwen is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the centre of the state, north of the capital city of Melbourne...
for the 2001 National Election. MacLeod first joined the Australian Labor Party as a student in the late 1980s and had many active party roles chairing various branches and policy committees over the years.In 1992 MacLeod stood for the Tasmanian seat of Franklin where he received the lowest vote of all Labor candidates. At the 2001 election MacLeod achieved a swing nearly 2% better than the ALP national swing, making him the best performed candidate in that seat at any election from 1998-2007. Following the 2001 Federal Election failure MacLeod worked as a electoral officer for the Victorian Deputy Premier John Thwaites before undertaking the majority of his United Nations work.
Sport
He was an active sportsman having won the Silver Medal for the 200m Butterfly at the World Masters GamesWorld Masters Games
The World Masters Games is an international multi-sport event held every four years which, in terms of competitor numbers, has developed into the largest of its kind....
in 2002 and spent many years as a volunteer Surf lifesaver at Point Lonsdale in Victoria winning medals as part of Point Lonsdale Surf Lifesaving Club's R&R Team in the early 1980s.
Prize Winning Photographer
MacLeod is a keen amateur photographer and has won several international competitions including a gold medal with underwaterphotography.com http://underwaterphotography.com/photo-contest/Winners.aspx for his image in Antarctica in 2006.Sample of other prize winning shots
MacLeod has published several coffee table photograph books from places like the Antarctic, Burma, Philippines and others on his photographic website.
Author
MacLeod is a contributing author to "The Pulse of Humanitarian Action" ISBN 978-0823227167.He is the author of the fictional piece "Doing Good by Mistake - a humouros look at NGOs in disaster" ISBN 978-1463600273.
The Pulse of Humanitarian Action: Synopsis
Understanding the complex nature of international humanitarian action-particularly following natural disasters or armed conflicts-has been the mission of this unique series. This book explores the cutting-edge concerns that will affect how assistance is offered in the future.Featuring twelve original essays by leading practitioners, policymakers, and scholars, the book is a state of the field report on problems, threats, and opportunities facing relief efforts in today's world.
The issues include military and civilian cooperation in large-scale disasters, with special attention to the growth of private armies. How traditional nongovernmental organizations and faith-based agencies adapt to newchallenges is also explored. Ways to strengthen security for humanitarian workers, refugees, and internally displaced persons and those in transition after wars are also considered. Bringing together diplomatic, military, medical, legal, political, religious, and ethical perspectives from experiences in Darfur, West Africa, Iraq, Pakistan, and other areas, the essays offer an authoritative inventory of where humanitarian relief has been, and how it must change to save lives and communities in peril.
Doing Good By Mistake: Synopsis
Doing Good by Mistake is a novelette that takes a humorous side swipe at the aid world.One man struggles against the in-built corruption of the aid 'system'.
Whilst his personal struggle was lost, he put in place a series of events that caused an unexpected gain.
Norman swayed as he stared out the window. He looked down the five floors to the car park below. ‘The Fat Man’ was struggling to pull himself from the new Mercedes and would undoubtedly heave his huge frame up the stairs to Norman’s office.
“Christ the man is fat” thought Norman. He took one last pull from the bottle of Jack Daniel’s in preparation for the torment that was fated to follow. Norman often wondered how a man could get so fat, and drive a Mercedes - be driven in a Mercedes - in a country crippled by war and international sanctions.
“Another meeting with this corrupt pig,” he thought.
So begins "Doing Good by Mistake"
If you ever thought donating to large charities was good, this book will make you think again.
Articles published
- Docklands is different, but that's no reason to write it off. The Melbourne Age.
- Protection must be colour blind: Issues on the Australian Aboriginal Children - The Melbourne Age.
- With proper planning we'll bounce back. Bushfire Reconstruction. The Melbourne Age.
- Non-Interfering Coordination: The Key to Pakistan's Successful Relief Effort (with Lt Gen Nadeem) in The Liaison Volume IV Issue 1, Centre for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance.
- The Pakistan Earthquake (with Lt Gen Nadeem) in Cahill (ed) The Pulse of Humanitarian Assistance, Fordham University Press.
- The UN System Explained, in The Humanitarian Journal, Australian Aid International
- Why Aid Workers Are in the Crosshairs. The Melbourne Age.
- Iraq - The West's Moral Dilemma. The Melbourne Age.
- A Challenging Time for Labor Too. The Melbourne Age.
- The International Criminal Court Will Strengthen Australia's Global Standing. Australian Financial Review.
Awards and recognition
- The Humanitarian Overseas Service MedalHumanitarian Overseas Service MedalThe Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal is an award in the Australian honours system. The award is presented to those who perform humanitarian service in a foreign country, in particular those working in dangerous environments or conditions or during a humanitarian crisis...
for his actions in the Balkans (1996–97), - The Silver Medal for Humanity in MontenegroMontenegroMontenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
(1997) - Awarded The HOSM a second time for his actions in Rwanda (1998–99).
- Awarded by the Australian Government for his service in East Timor in 1999.
- A third nomination for the HOSM has been made for his actions in Pakistan (2005–06).
- Awarded the Australian Defence MedalAustralian Defence MedalThe Australian Defence Medal is an Australian military decoration which recognises current and former Australian Defence Force personnel who completed an initial enlistment period, or four years service...
for service in the Australian Armed Forces. - The Australian Davos Connection (ADC) leadership award for his work in encouraging Corporate social responsibilityCorporate social responsibilityCorporate social responsibility is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model...
engagement in emergency assistance settings in 2008.
Sources
- United Nations Development Program Pakistan
- Centre for Excellence in Disaster Management
- The aftermath of the Earthquake - IRIN news site
- The aftermath of the Earthquake, moving to recovery - IRIN news site
- Cambridge University Field Trip
- Australian government Awards site
- Relief web report
- archive of MacLeod's 2001 election site Australian National Library site Pandora
- University of Tasmania
- The University of Melbourne
- United Nations/Government of Pakistan Early Recovery Plan
- Government of Pakistan Annual review
External links
- Andrew MacLeod - Photography site
- United Nations - Official site
- Cluster Approach - Official UN site
- The Liaison - Non-Interfering Coordination
- The aftermath of the Earthquake - IRIN news site
- Responsible Investment home page Responsible Investment
- The aftermath of the Earthquake, moving to recovery - IRIN news site
- Public Facebook page - Facebook