Michael Armstrong Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Mettle Global is a premium corporate advisory and management consulting firm. We provide proven and practical solutions to uncommon problems. Our core service is in establishing and improving organisational resilience. This includes the disciplines of crisis and emergency management, business continuity and operational risk, as well as the provision of wider business model resilience and cyber security solutions. Our knowledge of leadership, planning, negotiation and communications in highly complex and uncertain situations allows us to best prepare management teams for the challenges of the contemporary business environment. We specialise in the provision of enhanced information to empower decision-makers.

Us, Myanmar & Globally

Siward Newton provides clients with Crisis Response Frameworks (CRF), Business Continuity Plans (BCP), Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Plans and Early Warning Systems (EWS) to drive deep resilience.

Australia, Uk & Undisclosed Locations

Led significant enhancement of cooperation with coalition partners in support of contingency planning across South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa area of operations. Developed crystal clear senior officer briefing tools for common operating picture across the entire area of responsibility. Slashed staff effort to one quarter of what was previously required to manage operations by reframing an interdepartmental issue to senior leaders. Coordinated achievement of unit targets with multiple stakeholders, achieving a 15% increase in operating budget, despite rigorous austerity measures. Spearheaded operational procedure development and efficiently resolved management issues, radically reducing audit risk for highly sensitive activities, including minimising internal audit risk for travel security in medium and ambiguous threat environments.

Brisbane, Australia

Applied in-depth expertise in leadership development, business continuity and crisis management for listed and blue chip clients across Asia Pacific including JP Morgan Chase, HBOS, Prudential, Sydney Airports Corporation, Moore Stephens, Shell, BOC, OilSearch, the Australian National Blood Authority, Hanson and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Baghdad & Basrah, Iraq

Financial modelling highlighted management inconsistencies supporting a 30% reduction in operating costs. Eliminated friction that had previously threatened employer’s USD130m contract by designing and implementing a risk management framework compliant with international standards. Eliminating 50% of staff churn by designing and implementing a MS Excel based ERP for PSD services. Supercharged intelligence support. Comprehensively supported senior executives' strategic aims through proactive physical security planning. Implemented US Government regulations to attain US Work Visas for locally employed staff.

Australia, Usa, Malaysia, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Uae

Leadership of multi-million dollar organisations including strategic planning and implementation, and managing training outcomes across multiple high risk domains. Absorbed procurement best practice through leading outsourcing efforts from professional marketing services and buying multi-million dollar fleets of small watercraft with multi-year backup logistics support. Adept at interacting with senior leadership through superior written and verbal communication—in peace and war. Ensured optimal in extremis evacuation of Australians and Approved Foreign Nationals from SE Asia through embassy consular contingency planning.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Management

Certificate, Terrorism Studies

Education record

Diploma Of Education & Training (Tae50111)

Diploma Of Security & Risk Management (Cpp50611)