David Mann Email & Phone Number

Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia

The Head of Aircraft Maintenance Control is one of Little Wings' “key personnel” and is the personcharged with the responsibility for all airworthiness matters relating to the aircraft operated by LittleWings.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Provided consulting services to clients in the aviation industry; a couple of examples of solutions delivered include:
• Identified unutilised capabilities of a medium-size helicopter company and responded to and won a multi-agency tender contract with AusSAR - well outside their traditional AG helicopter spraying market
• Identified an opportunity for a client to cost-effectively modify their helicopter assets achieving hence creating new business opportunities; designed and project… Show more
• Identified an opportunity for a client to cost-effectively modify their helicopter assets achieving hence creating new business opportunities; designed and project managed the modification program with multiple service.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Managing all parts of the NSW Rural Fire Services Aviation & Emergency Services contracted operation, Fixed and Rotary wing in NSW.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Reporting to the Board has full strategic and financial control of the business
• Performed a strategic review of operations to develop strategic business development and sales plan
• Once endorsed by the Executive and Board developed a business plan that focused on turning around a significant annual loss refocusing the team on markets that contributed profits
• Achieved business stability through reengineering the scale and scope of the business and channelling attention into the… Show more
• Achieved business stability through reengineering the scale and scope of the business and channelling attention into the high growth area of secondary education drone training programs
• Captured additional drone training work with the Australian Army and opened up other government markets resulting in significant profit growth

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Led a team that delivered on the priorities for the CareFlight aviation commercial function.
• Responsible for identifying and responding to growth opportunities via direct proposal or tender responses and negotiated commercial contracts with various suppliers to create a win-win outcome.
• Held senior leadership roles in preparing and presenting unique customer-oriented business solutions leading to winning contracts; e.g. led the tender response to a non-traditional aeromedical… Show more
• Held senior leadership roles in preparing and presenting unique customer-oriented business solutions leading to winning contracts; e.g. led the tender response to a non-traditional aeromedical service providing.
• Delivered a feasibility study into how emerging drone technology could be applied in the search and rescue and aeromedical space Show less

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• With the rapid expansion of the national aeromedical services team, the new role of GM Aviation Services was created to head the aviation services function leading the fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft and aviation.
• Led the response to the NSW air ambulance contract (cost $1M) navigating a complex tender process including negotiation with helicopter manufactures and multiple new JV partners
• Successfully reached mutually acceptable… Show more
• Successfully reached mutually acceptable outcomes in Industrial Relations matters, e.g. negotiated pilots and engineers enterprise agreements
• Led the NSW ambulance tender including establishing a new company with an offshore JV partner
• Motivated and led high-performance pilots aircrew officer and engineering across Australia Show less

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

• Led significant growth of CareFlight’s Operations in the Northern Territory through a team that presented a detailed proposal to the Northern Territory government outlining the benefits of outsourcing all its.
• Secured a $30M interim contract to supply integrated aeromedical services and led a team of 120 members to implement the contract acquiring three new aircraft and hangar and office facilities
• Upon delivering exceptional… Show more
• Upon delivering exceptional performance under the interim contract awarded a $350M ten-year Top End Aeromedical contract to provide all the aeromedical services for the NT Government
• Project managed the design and building of a new state of the art aeromedical base
• Led a project to secure and deliver services to the US Marine Corp bases in NT under strict performance and regulatory guidelines Show less

Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

• Led the team that identified, negotiated and delivered the first civil aeromedical evacuation services to the Australia Army as a subcontractor to Aspen Medical and International SOS
• Identified new markets including quoting, contract negotiation and mobilised numerous remote aeromedical helicopters operations for the Australian Army across Australia (Army AME)
• Established the first NT Aeromedical helicopter; project included initial contract negotiation with the NT Department of… Show more
• Established the first NT Aeromedical helicopter; project included initial contract negotiation with the NT Department of Health, establishing procedures with NT Doctors and Nurses and St John Ambulance Australia (NT).

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia