Australian Peacekeeping Memorial Project

Committee Biographies

John Sanderson, AC
Patron
Geraldine Doogue, AO
Patron
Mick Keelty, APM
Patron
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Treasurer
Secretary
Membership
Secretary
Project
Adviser
Assistant
Treasurer
Web & Info
Technology
Admin
Co-Ordinator
ADF
Representative
AFP
Representative
APPVA
Representative
UNPAA
Representative
UNAA
Representative
Industry
Representative
RSL
Representative

Tim Ford, AO, Chairman

Tim Ford

Major General (Retired) Tim Ford, AO is the Chairman of the Australian Peacekeeping Memorial Project Committee. Following a 40 year career, he retired from the Australian Defence Force in 2003, and is now based in Sydney as a mentor and adviser on peace operations to the United Nations, and other international and regional organisations.

From 1998 until 2002, General Ford served in a number of high ranking United Nations peacekeeping appointments including as the Head of Mission of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (UNTSO) in the Middle East, as the leader of several UN fact finding missions in Africa and as the Chief Military Adviser in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations at UN Headquarters, New York.