Robert (Bob) Dawson is an Australian who has worked in the Asia and the Pacific region for over 30 years. He is currently a senior executive with the Asian Development Bank, a multilateral finance institution, with headquarters in Manila, Philippines, and, of which Australia is a member.

In the dog world, Bob has breed and exhibited Pugs, Boston Terriers, Miniature Dachshund, and Bulldogs, breeding and campaigning many to their Philippine Grand Champions and Champions. He is currently showing whippets and basenjis. Bob has also made-up AKC Champions in basenjis, pugs and poodles. He is active in the show ring and has won a number of Best in Shows with his dogs. His kennel prefix is "Kawana".

Mr. Dawson has been several times, a Director on the Board of the Philippine Canine Club Inc., (PCCI) the parent canine body in the Philippines. He is a life member of the PCCI. For many years he was the Chair of the Affiliated Clubs Committee and the Judges’ Committee, and was actively involved in the creation of breed and group clubs. He was a founding member of the Pug Club of the Philippines, and the Boston Terrier Club of the Philippines, and the Hound Group Club of the Philippines.

Mr. Dawson judges all-breeds under the Philippine Canine Club Inc., list of breeds. He holds all-breed status under FCI and the Asian Kennel Union. He has judged on all six continents - Australia and New Zealand; South Africa, several countries in Europe including Finland, Switzerland, Latvia, Ireland, Russia, Germany, England, and Sweden; in South America, the United States and Canada, as well as most countries in Asia including India, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Republic of China, and Japan as well as in all of the major centers in the Philippines. He judges around 60 international shows each year. He has officiated at many specialty shows, primarily in toy, hound, and sporting breeds, and he has judged Dog of the Year competitions in Australia, South Africa, Europe, and Asia.

He is an avid photographer and combines the interests of dogs with that of photography. You can visit samples of his works at www.betterphoto.com/gallery/gallery.asp?memberID=286428 or his Picasa Library at http://picasaweb.google.com/rltdawson