Hunter Defence provides a strong and unified voice promoting Hunter Defence capability to the NSW and Australian Government. We aim to increase Hunter participation in the defence industry by harnessing the expertise, insight and connections within the group to identify opportunities for the region.Winning Defence contracts is a competitive business that requires not only capability, but deep industry insight and high visibility with primes, defence stakeholders and government at all levels. Hunter Defence will seek to align local industry capabilities and capacities with coming opportunities and demonstrate the region’s supply chain capability.BnH Advisory draws upon 40 years of Defence service and business growth experience to assist any business looking to leverage successfully into the Defence sector. As Deputy Chairman of the Hunter Defence Task Force and a senior industry advisor for Hunter Net, I will help ensure our industry support mandate is accomplished and SME commercial success continuously improves.

GuardWare Australia is a cyber product business. We uniquely developed data level protection which delivers the ability to share sensitive data anywhere without relinquishing protection, and control. Our unique IP will open up collaboration and data sharing while complimenting existing Enterprise solutions.

Goal Group has provided professional training and consulting services within the Australian Defence and broader sectors since 2006. As the new CEO, I will be working closely with Goal Group's Managing Director and founder to continue the growth of a great Australian business.It's a privilege to work with and lead the talented employees and very select partner companies who have united under Goal Group to bring an incredible capability to our clients. We will continue to grow our training and consultation services in project management, ILS, cyber, ITAR/EAR & export controls and compliance. My commitment to the Goal Group and our clients is to ensure we continue to deliver exceptionally and responsively while making a meaningful positive contribution to the Australian community.

Providing support to new and established businesses by applying 25 years of Defence experience in Australia, US and Canadian engineering programs and 12 years of senior and executive business management across many industrial sectors.

Bret is the Chief Executive Nova Systems Asia-Pacific and is a member of Nova’s Executive Leadership Team (ELT). The primary focus of Bret and the ELT is to build a resilient and successful business where employees have the opportunity to challenge themselves and grow professionally. The ELT is committed to being decisive and staying out on the leading edge of technology where the complex problems reside. The ELT and all of our team reflects our values of Passion, Trust, Community and Professionalism. Bret leads the growth and governance of a portfolio of progressive businesses and programs. which includes:Nova Singapore Business (Commercial and Defence services);Nova New Zealand Business (Commercial and Defence services);Australian Transport Program (rail and infrastructure, autonomous vehicles and ports); andAustralian Energy and Resources Program (oil, gas, mining, power, water and utilities).Bret has been a leader in Nova Systems since 2004 and previously served 20 years in the Canadian Air Force supporting major test programs for the Canadian, United States and Australian Air Forces.

This role supports three active and growing programs which provide specialty engineering and related professional services to the "Transport" sector, the "Oil, Gas and Utilities" sectors and the "Land and Protective Services" sectors. Our clients include both government agencies (defence and non defence) and commercial companies. We will continue to use innovative approaches to help solve the problems which really matter.

This role is focused upon the growth of Nova's transport professional services business. The focus sectors are civil aviation, rail, automotive and autonomous vehicles. This senior management role will be supported by a team of middle managers in the developing sectors. Business growth will be aligned with our employee's professional areas of interest and the needs of our clients.

Part of Nova's senior management team who are successfully growing a very strong and culture rich Professional Services Firm in the engineering and project management consulting space in Defence and Commercial sectors. With a talented team of 8 Operations Managers and a Subcontractor Manager located throughout Australia, we ensure the company and business unit level strategies are implemented through management of high performance consultants, carefully selected new employees, professional development, retention strategies, performance assurance, high billable utilisation, current policy and most importantly a strong and thriving culture. We have a lot of talented consultants and managers at Nova so giving them room to realise their potential is key to our management strategy.

Managed the Newcastle consultant group / office, bid writing, BD, and consutled as a Senior Consultant.

F-16 Configuration Certification

Flight Test Engineering