Experience

New Zealand Defence Force

• New Zealand
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal Force Health Protection Officer/Senior Technical Adviser - Force Health Protection

  • Dec 2019 - Present

  Health Technical Advisory Team, HQ Joint Support Group (HQ JSG). Advising on provision of Force Health Protection to the NZDF including specialist technical advice, career development and capability development. Seconded since Feb 22 as HQ JSG J5 (Plans - Future Ops).

• Equipment Management Group Lead - Health Services Support

  • Dec 2015 - Dec 2019

  NZDF Health Services Support Logistics Manager with responsibility for procurement, supply and management of NZDF operational and garrison health equipment, consumables and pharmaceuticals.

• HSS1 Capability Branch

  • Feb 2012 - Dec 2015

  New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Manager for Deployable Operational Health Service Support (DOHSS) capability. Responsibility for determining the NZDF DOHSS capability requirements. and ensuring these were provided by projects based on PRICIE components (Personnel and Training, Research and Development, Infrastructucture and Organisation, Concepts, Doctrine and Training, Information Technology, Equipment and Services) to introduce new and enhance, modify or remove existing capabilities.



Headquarters Joint Forces New Zealand

• Trentham, Upper Hutt

• Environmental Health Officer/Staff Officer Health Current Operations

  • Jul 2001 - Feb 2012

  Developed SOPs for NZDF strategic medical repatriations. Also supervised execution of NZDF strategic medical repatriations. Conducted operational recons, FHP audits and infra structure projects, East Timor, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan Developed SOPs for NZDF strategic medical repatriations. Also supervised execution of NZDF strategic medical repatriations. Conducted operational recons, FHP audits and infra structure projects, East Timor, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan



New Zealand Defence Force

• New Zealand
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Environmental Health Officer, Light Medical Team 1, Asian Tsunami

  • Jan 2005 - Feb 2005



New Zealand Defence Force

• New Zealand
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Environmental Health Officer, New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team CRIB3

  • Feb 2004 - Sep 2004



New Zealand Defence Force

• New Zealand
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Environmental Health Officer NZBATT5/6

  • Mar 2002 - Jul 2002



New Zealand Defence Force

• New Zealand
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Environmental Health Officer/Staff Officer Health Current Operations

  • Apr 1998 - Jul 2001

• Army Health and Safety Officer/Staff Officer Medical

  • Jan 1994 - Apr 1998

• Environmental Health Officer

  • Nov 1997 - Feb 1998