Former ambassador joins Centamin

Australia's former ambassador to Egypt, Graeme Bowker has joined the board of Mt Pleasant-based Centamin Egypt Ltd.

Mr Bowker will take up a non-executive director role at Centamin, which is moving its Sukari gold project towards production phase.

Mr Bowker retired from the Australian Foreign Service last month after a 37 year career specialising in Middle Eastern issues and was ambassador to Egypt from 2005 to 2008.

He was also ambassador to Jordan from 1989 to 1992.