Peter Khalil

Associate
(NSW)

Prior to joining Hawker Britton Peter Khalil worked for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd as his Foreign Policy/National Security adviser and as Senior International Adviser to the Minister for Defence.

Prior to these appointments Peter was based in New York providing political risk consultancy to Government, multinational corporations and Wall St Financial institutions.

Peter has been a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC (2004/05) after earlier working in both the Departments of Defence and Foreign Affairs.  From August 2003-May 2004 Peter was the Director of National Security Policy for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and was awarded the Australian Overseas Humanitarian Services medal for his service.

Peter has testified before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee and published widely including op-ed pieces in the New York Times, the Australian, Guardian and the Sydney Morning Herald, and made regular appearances on CNN, ABC and BBC.

Peter has a Masters of International Laws from the Australian National University and a Bachelors of Law and Arts from Melbourne University.

Tel: +61 2 9279 0200
Fax: +61 2 9279 0211
Mob: + 61 400 439 419
Email: pkhalil@hawkerbritton.com