Rotary Lunch 1 July 2026

Speaker Ian Hamm, Chair of the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation, Chair of the First Nations Foundation

Topic ‘Aboriginal Australia - Where to from Here?’

Details 12.30 for 12.50 - 2.00pm at No35 Sofitel Melbourne & by ZOOM

Ian Hamm is a Yorta Yorta man and a respected advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. With a distinguished career spanning government and the community sectors, he has been instrumental in contributing to Closing the Gap and advancing Aboriginal representation in high-level decision-making.

Ian has led strategic reforms in government and numerous organisations and remains deeply committed to advocacy and mentoring. He is, amongst others, the Chair of the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation, Chair of the First Nations Foundation, a Board Director of The Healing Foundation, and former Chair of Connecting Home Ltd, a Victorian Stolen Generations service. In recognition of his work, Ian was recently awarded an Honorary Doctor of Business by Swinburne University of Technology.

Join us for lunch, hear from an expert, be informed and form connections.

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