Professional Experience:
Australian Federal Police (AFP), 2005 - Present
Manager Darwin Office/Airport Police Commander, 2018 – Present
· Leading Darwin-based capacity and Northern Territory-based Child Protection, Human Trafficking, Organised Crime, Counter Terrorism, Aviation, Specialist Operations and Support Capability Functions
Executive Director Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (external), 2015 – 2018
· Leading transition of medium-sized Indonesian not-for-profit (Yayasan) (140 staff), stalled in start-up after a decade of operation through renewal to growth life stage, working as Board Director, Company Secretary and Executive Manager
· Improved compliance through strengthened external oversight and internal controls; resolution of fourteen-year multi-million Indonesian Tax Law compliance issues, thirteen-year Indonesian Labour Law compliance issues, Contract Law compliance and International and Indonesian Accounting Standards compliance
· Improved performance; 120% increase in capacity development output in two years, reversing a 40% decline over the preceding four
· Earned additional revenue from non-member/owner sources of $1.54M in 2017 (134% above 2015 base)
· Secured +50% increases in financial and in-kind member (shareholder) contributions, reversing a decade-long downward trend
Coordinator Recruit & Regional Training, 2012 - 2015
· Re-institutionalised continuous improvement, re-identified absent curriculum, amalgamated Function-specific into whole-of-organisation curriculum and introduced semester-based model
· Managed the organisation’s largest recruit training period, supervising 80 to 250 human resources and delivering over 500 sworn foundation-level police and protective service officers
Acting Commander Manager Operations & Missions, International (six months), 2010 – 2011
· Acted at Commander level as Manager Operations and Missions for six months, supervising 500 staff delivering AFP’s international, bilateral and multi-lateral peacekeeping activities, managing international and domestic contributions to natural disaster emergency responses and extra-territorial community policing, as well as Immigration Detention Centre public order management responses and a Suspected Illegal Entry related maritime disaster
Program Manager Pacific Region Police Development Program, 2010 - 2012
· Stabilised program in crisis, redesigning the implementation strategy and delivering over 100 projects, in cooperation with the heads of seven small-island state police organisations, to the value of $20M+ over two years, leading to renewed AFP and government confidence and approval of a new four-year new policy proposal
Senior Executive Advisor Papua New Guinea-Australia Policing Partnership, 2008 - 2010
Mission Commander Timor-Leste Police Development Program, 2006 - 2008
· Rebuilt bilateral program in crisis life stage after socio-political emergency and international intervention in Timor-Leste, including rebuilding r