Benjamin C Email & Phone Number

Australia

Fiji

As the Security Advisor for ITV's Love Island Season Six in Fiji, I was responsible for overseeing the safety and security of the 450-member production crew. My role involved conducting thorough risk assessments, developing and implementing security protocols, and collaborating with local law enforcement and emergency services to address potential threats..

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Guided the development and execution of campaign strategy to achieve electoral goals.
• Effectively responded to evolving priorities and operational challenges.
• Drove external stakeholder and media engagement resulting in strong working relationships and publicity on all major networks and National platforms across Australia.
• Employed behaviour-based social engineering techniques to influence target audience.
• Rapidly established relationships and built a network of more than 500 individuals and organisations involved in the preselection in less than four weeks.

Australia

• Worked with youth from low socio-economic communities in small stable and consistent teams to build trust, stabilise behaviours and give them a sense of hope and direction.
• Managed and supervised youth who had experienced significant trauma.
• Responsible for providing regular management plans, updates and progress reports on often undesirable circumstances including confidential and highly personal information.

North Queensland

• Enhanced safety of society through modern sustainable and evidence-based corrective services to maximise rehabilitation and reduce recidivism.
• Responsible for securing $77.3M worth of assets and infrastructure.
• Effectively employed contingency planning and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Established security in high-risk, hostile environments in facilities and remote communities.
• Minimised resource fatigue and catastrophic infrastructure failure.
• Employed safety strategies reducing costs to Queensland government of more than $1M.

Queensland, Australia

• Liaison Officer, 2019 Townville Flood Event, Disaster Relief Australia (Rubicon), QLDJANUARY - FEBRUARY 2019Primary Liaison Officer between Rubicon’s operations cell and Townsville Local Disaster Management Group.
• Coordinated initial fleet of responders from Cairns to the disaster zones.
• Responsible for external stakeholder engagement to manage extraction and evacuation of thousands of local residents.
• Liaised with NGOs, local government, volunteers and operations cell.
• Liaised with and supported leaders during the flood incident including the mayor, local communities, Defence, Emergency Services leaders and staff, operation cell staff, and Bureau of Meteorology to coordinate all.

Australia

• Built small, personal, diverse and cohesive teams that were effective in achieving operational security and strategic outcomes.
• Built professional expertise in conducting investigations into service-related offences using contemporary investigation concepts, methods and tools whilst maintaining ethical practices and strengthening stakeholder.
• Communicated effectively with new recruits to senior leaders to achieve goals.
• Employed key strategic assets in the Indo-Pacific Region 2006/07 to support Australia's economic growth and stability through multilateral cooperation and development of infrastructure, skills and institutions.
• Coordinated bilateral military events in East Timor, Singapore, Brunei and Malaysia.
• Enhanced the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Australia and Singapore and strengthened bonds within the region.

Certified Community Director, Non-Profit/Public/Organisational Management

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, International/Global Studies

Certificate 3 Close Personal Protection, Executive Protection

Close protection, often referred to as executive protection or personal security, is a security service designed to safeguard individuals.