Deen Sanders

Deloitte Access Economics • Worimi Giparr; Special Counsel

Professor Deen Sanders OAM Worimi Giparr (Elder) from mid North Coast NSW, freshwater/saltwater people. He is a Professor in Law, with PhD’s across multiple disciplines; recipient of an Order of Australia; and is globally recognised as an Indigenous Leader with expertise in issues of climate, equity, ethics, space regulation, and humanity's future.

He is an independent expert with his own consulting practice, an academic with Newcastle University, and Special Counsel for Deloitte. Professor Sanders has a range of other Board, government, and community roles, while also representing Australian Indigenous leadership in the World Economic Forum as Co-Chair of the Forum’s Global Future Council on Natural Capital and Global First Nations economics.

The Elder is a positive voice for Indigenous science, knowledge, and culture, and is convinced that respecting Indigenous leadership and knowledge is the basis for a positive future for the nation, humanity and the planet.

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