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Kevin Evans is a 30 veteran of Asian Studies and a long term Australian resident in Indonesia commencing work with the Australian Embassy in Jakarta. After this position he left to work for the ANZ Investment Bank in Jakarta. When Indonesia's political reform started in 1998 he began working with various Indonesian government agencies to promote political reform in the areas of electoral and constitutional reform. Following the Boxing Day tsunami he supported the establishment of the Indonesian reconstruction agency, BRR, and continues to work it to counter corruption and to promote integrity and wider civil service reform.