Almost 500 graduates from dozens of different nations will attend 2 ceremonies for students of CQU Sydney's undergraduate and postgraduate campuses next Wednesday, December 13.

Both graduation ceremonies (11am and 3pm) will be held at the Grand Harbour Ballroom, Star City, in Pyrmont.

The Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor will officiate at both ceremonies and the guest speaker for both groups is Warren Reed (pictured) an adjunct professor in the School of Justice Studies, Faculty of Law at the Queensland University of Technology.

Earlier in his career, as an Australia-Japan Business Co-operation Committee Scholar, Warren carried out research on Japan’s relations with China and the rest of Asia in the Law Faculty of Tokyo University. He then worked for an Australian resources company in Japan, before being recruited into the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS).

After training with MI6 in London, he served as an intelligence officer for 10 years in Asia and the Middle East. Later, he worked as a consultant to Australian firms operating in Asia, published a number of books on the region and also worked for 3 years as chief operating officer of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia.

Recently, Warren has been occupied in writing, lecturing and commenting in the media on intelligence and security matters.