Speakers & Panellists
CAS 2023 has an
incredible line up of speakers and panellists, each providing invaluable insights into an Adapting Army, through innovation, through
partnerships and through people. View presenters and panellists bios.
Day One
Lieutenant General Simon Stuart, AO, DSC
Chief of Army
Warrant Officer
Kim Flemingham, NSC, OAM,
Regimental Sergeant Major - Army
Professor Peter Dean, PhD
Director Foreign Policy and Defence, United States Studies Centre, University Sydney
Tim Fountaine
Senior Partner, McKinsey and Company
Commodore Darron Kavanagh, AM, CSC, RAN
Director General Warfare Innovation Navy
Colonel Lauren Sanders, CSC, PhD
Senior Research Fellow TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland
Professor Emily Hilder
Interim Head, Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator
Steve Baxter
Entrepreneur and Investor
Lieutenant General (Retd) Richard Nugee, CB, CVO, CBE
Non-Executive Member for the Defence Safety and Environmental Committee, Ministry of Defence (UK)
Vice Admiral David Johnston, AC, RAN
Vice Chief of the
Defence Force
Lieutenant General Natasha Fox, AM, CSC
Chief of Personnel
Lieutenant General John Frewen, AO, DSC
Chief of Joint Capabilities
Vice Admiral Mark Hammond AO, RAN
Chief of Navy
Air Vice Marshal Glen Braz, AM, CSC, DSM
Air Commander Australia
Day Two
Dr Rebecca Jackson
The Jackson Company
Gaston Carrion
Managing Director - APAC Talent and Organisation Lead, Growth Markets Global Employee Experience Lead
Amanda Holt
Chief Executive Officer SYPAQ
Kieren Perkins, OAM
CEO Australian Sports Commission
Marni Poropat
Managing Director, Global Defence Talent and WorkforceLead, Accenture
Brigadier Nerolie McDonald
Director General Pacific and Timor-Leste
Prof John Blaxland
Professor of International Security & Intelligence Studies
Air Marshal (Rtd) Geoff Brown, AO
Chairman, Sir Richard Williams Foundations
Kate Louis
Executive Director and Head of Defence and Industry Policy, Ai Group
Elsabe Muller
Group Health, Safety and Environment Officer, BHP
Linda Dawson
Deputy Director General,
Industry, Science and Innovation