Evan is a refugee advocate with a BA in European Studies, and a Master of International Development Studies from the University of New South Wales in Australia. He has worked on human rights and refugee protection issues for almost a decade, with most of his work focused in the Asia-Pacific region.
Evan is currently the Deputy Director at Asylum Access Malaysia, a Malaysian NGO that provides legal services to asylum seekers and refugees. Previously, he was the Programme Coordinator at the Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network (APRRN), a network of more than 400 individuals and organisations working across the Asia-Pacific region for improved refugee protections. During this time he was a core driver of the network’s advocacy and capacity-building initiatives across South Asia, East Asia, and Australia and New Zealand. Evan has also previously worked in various policy development roles with the Australian Government in Canberra, primarily focusing on international social security policy.
Evan has extensive policy and advocacy experience at national, regional and international levels, and has been a member of the Board of the International Detention Coalition since 2018.