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Jimmy is a seasoned safety and risk management professional with global business management experience. He is known for his authentic leadership style which motivates the JVAT team to focus on delivering quality outcomes that drive innovation and inspire confidence.

Jimmy builds strong business relationships by relating business outcomes to successful risk and assurance activities, balancing stakeholders, delivery and governance. Jimmy’s specialty lies in presenting pragmatic, risk-based business solutions, with a focus on providing value-driven results and business outcomes.

As a disciplined strategic thinker, Jimmy’s expertise and vision have been the driving force behind JVAT’s success.

James is an accomplished leader, management consultant and facilitator who specialises in governance structures, management systems, project management, technical engineering consulting, training and risk.

He has a unique ability to identify underlying business challenges through technical, project and enterprise expertise. James designs and creates efficiencies, implementing systematic frameworks to structures and processes. He’s known for his big picture thinking and ability to translate business strategy into detailed operational plans that add value for clients.

James is passionate about developing team members and thrives when leading change with clients and within JVAT through his strong leadership.

Paul is an experienced risk management, safety and security consultant with extensive capability in business process re-engineering, business continuity planning, management system development, and audit and assurance program development.

A former Australian Army Infantry Officer, Paul is the Director of JVAT Americas and lead facilitator for JVAT’s Resilience & Wellbeing Program, which has been delivered to over 500 participants.

Paul is a keen student of yoga, neurology, stoicism and mindfulness. He has developed three yoga schools, trained over 200 yoga instructors in the USA, Australia and Mexico and is a founding partner of Source Meditation.

Chris is a highly skilled, results-oriented leader with significant experience in System Safety, consultation, personnel management, contract negotiations and program management.

Chris is regarded as an exceptional communicator with dynamic organisational skills and excellent time management. He has a knack for independently multitasking and delivering demanding operations under strict schedules.

Chris specialises in focussing on the problem in its most basic form—removing the noise—to find the logical solution. His clients have been continually impressed with his trustworthiness and collaborative nature.

Henry is an accomplished leader with 14 years’ experience in the Aerospace, Defence and Space industries.

Driven to achieve outcome-based results, he has an impeccable reputation for building and leading high performing multi-functional teams using his in-depth knowledge of engineering and program management, strong interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate.

Henry has a Masters in Aeronautical Engineering and a wealth of experience in running large, complex programs for clients as well as defining and implementing business-wide strategies including transformation programs. While responsible for defining and implementing the strategy for a declining $60m business as Product Director, he was able to lead a successful turnaround, achieving a $74m business with a sustained 12% Compound Annual Growth Rate.

Andy is an astute, accomplished and pragmatic safety-focused engineer and manager with over 30 years’ experience of delivery in both Defence and Civil Aerospace sectors. He specialises in System Safety, risk management, quality assurance, airworthiness, project management and technical support roles.

Andy has an exemplary track record of leading and motivating teams, producing innovative and effective results within fixed, regulatory and financial constraints. He consistently delivers high quality, innovative solutions while managing safety-critical projects within Defence and Industry.

Diplomatic communication skills and a keen eye for detail ensure Andy brings a unique perspective to JVAT’s risk and assurance solutions.

Darren is an operations professional with over 15 years’ experience in making operational teams efficient and embedding operational excellence. He is known for his collaborative and motivating leadership style, as he takes people on a journey when implementing change.

Darren uses data to report on business performance with clear communication. He believes that consistent processes coupled with strong change management practices help identify operational efficiencies and embed sustainable change. He is also passionate about people's development through cultivating a coaching environment and building high performing teams..

Darren's focus is to provide business operations management to continuously improve effectiveness in the way JVAT operates; “Keep it simple, continuously improve and take people on the change journey to make change sustainable.”

Monica has over 20 years’ experience working in large organisations within Business Administration, Agile Ways of Working, Continuous Improvement Practices, Project Management and Process Improvement, as well as a proven strategic mindset to help drive the best out of herself and the team around her.. She is passionate about driving organisational excellence and thrives on developing and executing strategy in complex and challenging environments. She strives for business results through a positive, high-performing and engaged workforce. As a manager, she leads by example and works to deliver a team culture with a growth mindset that is open, dynamic, performance orientated and collaborative. Monica believes that “remaining positive and surrounding oneself with an outcome-focused team that thrives on continually learning and growing is the key to success.”

Matt is a passionate, people focussed leader with 10 years experience in the Defence Aerospace, Land and Maritime Domains. Possessing high levels of technical expertise, Matt thrives when leading diverse multi-skilled teams in complex environments to exploit efficiencies in pursuit of the best outcome for the client. Matt has a Masters in Systems Engineering (Majoring in Space Systems) and experience working across various capability lifecycle phases on Defence projects above and below the line.

Pete is an experienced business leader and safety engineer who has enjoyed 23 years in the defence and civil engineering sectors having worked for a large defence prime contractor, global defence engineering consultancies and Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs).   Pete is a Chartered Engineer with a technical background in leading safety, airworthiness and certification projects for defence and civil clients. He is also an experienced business leader with management experience that includes delivery, business operations and business development director roles. Pete has a strong background in developing and leading high performing/trusting teams, as well as strategic business development with a passion for innovation and aerospace technology.