ABOUT US

After his career in the Army, James graduated as a Close Protection Officer from RONIN South Africa. He further honed his specialist skills through high-profile roles with Austere Risk Management across South Africa and Afghanistan, and later worked as the Country Manager for RED Risk Management Services Company in Afghanistan, consulting to the Afghan Public Protection Force to manage 15,000 armed guards and 495 secure sites.
During his tenure abroad, James led a workforce of over 380 staff and was contracted by the Afghan Government’s Ministry of Interior to rebuild business infrastructure and implement anti-corruption programs across a diverse national portfolio. He concurrently held the role of Chief Operating Officer and oversaw delivery of risk management solutions for major projects, travelling widely to meet the needs of stakeholders across the USA, Bahrain, Dubai, Australia and other locations.

James excels in his post as managing director because of his extensive leadership experience.

He was a highly qualified Police Detective with the Queensland Police Service (QPS) for over 21 years and was also the primary Operational Skills, Tactics and Firearms instructor for QPS Drug Squad as well as lecturing on various drug and other operational courses.

After leaving the QPS he held various high-profile positions including the Eastern Region Operations Manager for the largest Private Security Company in Afghanistan before being promoted to Country Manager of Pakistan which led to him taking on the role as the Global Corporate Investigations Manager based in the UAE. He subsequently incorporated RED Risk Management Services Company in the Middle East which he remains the President of, and amongst other contracts, was engaged by the Government of Afghanistan to provide high level security and risk management services to the Afghanistan Public Protection Force which increased their profitability from $3mil USD per annum to $35mil USD per annum. Upon his return to Australia, his professional services have been highly sought after in both the corporate and commercial sectors globally.

Highly sought after, Garry is regularly engaged as a keynote speaker at various government and corporate events. Today, Garry is a member of the International Police Association who holds various qualifications, including a bachelor’s Degree in Policing (Investigations), and is considered a leading expert in the fields of Investigations, Security & Risk Management, Counterterrorism and Counter-Corruption.

Throughout his career, he has both worked at, and collaborated, on an extensive variety of projects for well-established companies such as Vodafone, Telstra, Virgin Australia, Mazda, ANZ, AGL, CBA, RACV, to name a few.

Ben now employs his proficiency in software engineering which has been gained from many years of experience working with reputable companies to specialise in AWS cloud solutions.

Steven thrives in driving innovation in organisations through technology, and excels at developing people to achieve outstanding results. Steven holds a Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science / Software Development) and a Master of Information Technology Leadership from Deakin University.

Steven served in the Australian Army as a Helicopter Pilot and Flight Instructor, holding positions such as Senior Flight Instructor at the School of Army Aviation and Operations Officer at the Defence Helicopter School before transferring to the Royal Australian Airforce as a Flight Instructor. during this period Steven served as airborne FAC Instructor at 77 Sqn, a F18A fighter squadron. Steven departed Australian Military service taking up a a role with BAe Systems as a Instructor Pilot for the Royal Saudi Air Force, flying low level missions and teaching weapons systems officers in the airborne environment while simultaneously holding the position of First Flying Wing Information Technology Officer. After briefly returning to Australia, Steven took up a position as Lead Instructor Pilot Training Systems at Emirates Airlines instructing pilots on the Boeing 777 and leading the e-learning team in courseware and content creation. Steven spearheaded several high-profile software development projects in his role of Innovation Lab Leader. Since returning to Australia Steven has focused on Software Engineering and bringing his significant leadership skills to bear.

Following numerous years of customer service, Claire graduated from Griffith University (Gold Coast) with a Bachelor of Business, double major in Human Resource Management and Employment Relations and holding qualifications in Work Health and Safety. Cutting her teeth in the recruiter space, she transitioned into a generalist role working in SMEs, delivering services under mental health, aged care, and disability under the National Disability Insurance Support where she supported those on the front line who support the more vulnerable public.

With the rise of mental health concerns during the pandemic, Claire’s passion for employee well-being and best HR practice for employers serves to deliver initiatives that span across employee life cycles and are incorporated into the business’ policies and procedures.

Nathan has been employed as an Accountant for many varied businesses in the construction, mining, infrastructure, start-up, consulting, Fintech, social media and software sectors in Sydney and Brisbane.

His specialties now include preparation financial statements for ASX listed companies; preparation of monthly board reports; budgeting & forecasting; payroll, workers compensation & industrial relation laws; corporate taxation (payroll tax, GST & FBT) and balance sheet reconciliations.