Dr Bulent (Hass) Dellal OAM was appointed Executive Director of the Australian Multicultural Foundation in 1989, an organisation established to promote a strong commitment to Australia as one people drawn from many cultures.
Dr Dellal has had extensive experience throughout Australia and internationally on multicultural affairs; these include the establishment of European Multicultural Foundation and the Diversity Matters Forums for the Commonwealth Nations. He has spearheaded a number of initiatives for the benefit and development of the general community to include the Muslim youth summits for the Commonwealth Government and the Muslim Youth Leadership programs and the Community Policing Partnership projects.
Recently appointed to the Commonwealth’s Australian Multicultural Advisory Council. 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. Conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in Social Sciences by RMIT University on 13 December 2006.