Born in
Scotland, Graham Hornel has been a migrant to both Australia and the USA and he is a citizen of
both countries. A graduate of Britain's Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, Hornel was an Infantry Officerwith the 6th Gurkha Rifles
for six years, serving mainly in South East Asia and in Hong Kong. He first migrated to Western Australia in 1970 to join his parents
who had retired there following their twelve years of residence in India.
Graham Hornel has maintained 40-years of close connections with East and South East Asia and with the Indian Ocean Region. His three positions with top international tourism industry bodies have enhanced these links. From 1977 until the end of 2000, Hornel was an executive with the Hong Kong Tourist Association (HKTA) in Hong Kong; the Pacific Asia TravelAssociation (PATA) in San Francisco, California, USA and was the Foundation CEO and Secretary General of the then Perth, Western Australia-based Indian Ocean Tourism Organisation (IOTO) - a position he held for six years.
A State Committee Member of MIA, Graham Hornel donates probono migration services to Perth-based community groups. Also, in his capacity as CEO of international tourism consultancy, The Questbay Group, he remains involved in the Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean travel, tourism and leisure industries.
Graham Hornel speaks Conversational Cantonese and continues to study Bahasa Indonesia at University in Perth, Western Australia.