Experience

Australian Automobile Association

• Australia
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Operations Manager - Real World Testing

  • Jan 2023 - Present



ANCAP SAFETY

• Australia
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director - Policy

  • Jul 2019 - Dec 2022



Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries

• Technical Director

  • Apr 2012 - Jul 2019

  As Technical Director for the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), (the national industry body for manufacturers and importers of light vehicles) I lead the development of industry wide responses and positions to a range of technical, regulatory and policy issues including vehicle engineering, emerging technologies, road safety, fuel standards, emission standards and intelligent transport systems. To achieve the desired results I coordinate the activities, work programs and interaction with governments and other stakeholders for a number of working groups with representation from vehicle manufacturers’ engineering, service and parts departments. I also develop and maintain linkages with other FCAI working groups dealing with government policy, legal and logistics issues. I represent the Australian light vehicle industry on a range of national government and non-government bodies and the international manufacturers’ association (OICA) technical committee.



Rheinmetall

• Germany
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Engineering

  • Mar 2011 - Mar 2012

  The Head of Engineering for Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia is a senior management position that provides executive guidance to the Managing Director and technical advice to other senior managers across the business functional areas. As Head of Engineering I provided executive direction to all subordinate engineering elements and work across the full life cycle spectrum of all aspects of business operations including sales and marketing, tender response, project delivery and after-sales support. I was responsible to the parent Company’s (RMMV) Chief Engineer (who is a Member of RMMV's Board of Management) to ensure corporate engineering governance is maintained across the Company’s engineering activities in accordance with the parent Company’s engineering principles.



Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries

• Director, Technical & Regulatory

  • Feb 2008 - Feb 2011

  As Director, Technical and Regulatory for the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), (the national industry body for manufacturers and importers of light vehicles) I lead the development of industry wide responses and positions to a range of technical, regulatory and policy issues including vehicle engineering, emerging technologies, road safety, fuel standards, emission standards and intelligent transport systems. To achieve the desired results I coordinated the activities, work programs and interaction with governments and other stakeholders for a number of working groups with representation from vehicle manufacturers’ engineering, service and parts departments. I also developed and maintained linkages with other FCAI working groups dealing with government policy, legal and logistics issues. I represented the Australian light vehicle industry on a range of national government and non-government bodies and the international manufacturers’ association technical committee. My achievements in this position include preparation of major submissions to governments on vehicle technical regulations and consumer crash test programs.



Australian Automobile Association

• Director Technical Services

  • Feb 2003 - Jan 2008

  As Director, Technical Services I was accountable for the Australian Automobile Association’s role in all technical areas of motoring including representing consumers’ interests, developing and assessing technical research projects of national importance to Constituents (State motoring clubs) and motorists. Issues involved relate to industry practices, roadside assistance, the environment, vehicle safety, vehicle design, and road transport regulations. My principal accountabilities fell into two main areas; 1. The strategic direction for the technical agenda of relevance to motorists, such as the development, implementation and monitoring of projects on vehicle technical issues, strategic reviews of ongoing programs and representing the Australian motoring clubs at both national and international forum. 2. The roadside assistance businesses of each of the state motoring clubs where I facilitated a national approach and identify possible synergies for their business development especially in areas of provision of technical information, training, equipment and occupational health and safety. My achievements in this position include preparation of major submissions, on behalf of all Australian motoring clubs, to governments on vehicle and fuel policy issues and establishing a new company, ANCAP Australasia Ltd along with setting the strategic direction.