Our Contributors
Our publications benefit from articles that feature the insights and analysis of expert contributors from New Zealand and internationally. People who have authored articles for us, been interviewed by us, or have had their conference/seminar presentations featured by us are listed alphabetically here. Below this list is information about how you can contribute to our publications.
SCOTT ARRELL
Scott Arrell is a former Chairman of the New Zealand Defence Industry Association (NZDIA). He served for 21 years as an officer and aircrew in the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF), followed by roles as General Manager Hawker Pacific New Zealand, Country Director for Thales New Zealand, Defence Consultant and Country and Key Account Manager for ViaSat Inc.
> AUTHOR | Update - New Zealand Defence Industry AssociationLine of Defence, Winter 2017 |
ROBERT AYSON
Robert Ayson is Professor of Strategic Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, where he is based at the Centre for Strategic Studies. He has also held academic positions with the Australian National University, Massey University and the University of Waikato, and official positions with the New Zealand government. He is Adjunct Professor with the ANU's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre and Honorary Professor of the New Zealand Defence Force Command and Staff College.
> AUTHOR | Tightening purse strings for New Zealand's defence force?Line of Defence, Summer 2017/18 |
> AUTHOR | Defending NZ: The Heart of the 2016 White Paper?Line of Defence, November 2016 |
ROUBEN AZIZIAN
Rouben Azizian is a Professor and Director of Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies (CDSS). He has previously taught Political Studies at the University of Auckland prior to 13 years with the US Defense Department's Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) in Honolulu. He is a former Soviet and Russian diplomat, and was posted, among other locations, to New Zealand (1991-1994) as Counsellor and Deputy Chief of Mission. He is an Honorary Professor of the New Zealand Defence Force Command and Staff College.
> INTERVIEWEE | Insight: we need a private-public sector dialogue on securityNZ Security, Aug/Sep 2017 |
> INTERVIEWEE | Interview: A comprehensive approach to national security?Line of Defence, Autumn 2017 |
RHYS BALL
Dr Rhys Ball is a former intelligence officer and a lecturer at Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies (Albany campus). His research interests include intelligence studies, strategic studies, intelligence and military history, in particular Special Forces history.
> AUTHOR | New challenges require a rethink of securityLine of Defence, Autumn 2017 |
> AUTHOR | What can NZ’s Defence Estate Regeneration learn from Australia?Line of Defence, Winter 2017 |
CRAIG BIDOIS
Craig Bidois is Managing Director of FearFree Ltd, an Auckland-based security consulting and training provider. Mr Bidois spent six years with the United Nations peacekeeping service, providing security assessments and training in a number of international trouble spots. In 2006, he was awarded the Iraq Reconstruction Medal by the UK Government for his role in rebuilding the Iraqi security forces. Prior to this, he served in the New Zealand Army and Police, and worked in security management.
> AUTHOR | Contrary to recent reports, physical security is not deadNZ Security, Feb/Mar 2018 |
TREVOR BRADLEY
Dr Trevor Bradley is a Senior Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington’s Institute of Criminology. He is undertaking ground breaking research into consumer motivations in the residential security market, and invites companies in this market to participate. His research interests are crime prevention, crime reduction and community safety; plural policing and private security/private policing; youth justice; and politics of crime and 'law and order'.
> AUTHOR | Mandatory training in NZ's 'manned' security sectorNZ Security, April/May 2017 |
JOHN BATTERSBY
Dr John Battersby is currently a Teaching Fellow seconded from the New Zealand Police to Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies. He served in Wellington and Central Districts before joining the School of Leadership, Management and Command at the Royal New Zealand Police College in Porirua. He was previously with the Treaty Issues and International Law Team at the Crown Law Office. An historian by training, his research interests are in terrorism, insurgency and intelligence.
> AUTHOR | New Zealand and Terrorism: the case for new legislationLine of Defence, Spring 2017 |
JOE BURTON
Dr Joe Burton is a Senior Lecturer in Waikato University's political science and public policy programme and a member of the university's New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science. He has worked as a ministerial advisor in New Zealand and the UK, and as a political campaign manager and political organiser. He researches regional responses to global security challenges, NATO and its partners, US foreign and security policy, cyber security, and the impact of science and technology on international security.
> INTERVIEWEE | Cyber Warfare: Offence, Defence and DeterrenceLine of Defence, Spring 2017 |
EVAN BUTLER-JONES
Evan Butler-Jones is Director of the Defence Product Line within the Aviation & Defence Business Unit of global enterprise applications company IFS. Evan has also occupied leadership roles at Mxi Technologies and was involved in projects such as the Lockheed Martin F35 Joint Strike Fighter Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) and the Boeing 787 ‘Goldcare’ system development and business model analysis.
> AUTHOR | The transformation of in-service support over the next decadeLine of Defence, Spring 2017 |
DAVID CAPIE
David Capie is Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies and Associate Professor in International Relations at Victoria University of Wellington. He has authored or co-authored three books and numerous articles and book chapters. His research has been supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, the East-West Center and the Royal Society of New Zealand's Marsden Fund. In 2007, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
> AUTHOR | US in the spotlight during Minister Mitchell’s first Asia forayLine of Defence, Winter 2017 |
ANDREW COLARIK
Dr Andrew Colarik is a Senior Lecturer with the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey University. He is an author, researcher, and inventor of information security technologies and has published multiple security books and publications in the areas of cyber terrorism, cyber warfare, and cyber security. He was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus from EC-Council University in 2009 for his contribution towards cyber security.
> INTERVIEWEE | The fog of smokeless war: A cyber security capability for NZDFLine of Defence, Autumn 2017 |
> INTERVIEWEE | New Zealand lacking true dialogue on cyber securityNZ Security, Feb/Mar 2017 |
> SPEAKER | New Zealand needs a cultural shift to keep data safeNZ Security, Dec 2016/Jan 2017 |
BRUCE COUPER
Bruce Couper is Managing Director of RISQ New Zealand Limited. Mr Couper spent 11 years in the New Zealand Police in a range of uniformed duty roles and in the Criminal Investigation Branch as a Detective. He founded The Couper Group Ltd, which became the largest provider of Investigative and Security Consultancy Services in New Zealand. He established Risq in 2007, following a period delivering courses as a contract trainer to Commonwealth government agencies across Australia. He is a former Chair and a Life Member of the New Zealand Security Association and a former Chair of ASIS New Zealand.
> INTERVIEWEE | INTERVIEW: State of the industry with RISQ New ZealandNZ Security, Feb/Mar 2018 |
BRAD DANNEFAERD
Brad Dannefaerd is Managing Director of CERT Systems Limited. Mr Dannefaerd worked with New Zealand Fisheries for more than 18 years in various frontline fishery officer roles and as National Co-ordinator, Officer Safety Programme within the Ministry's Compliance Training and Development Unit. He wrote the defensive tactics manual and training material for the Ministry of Fisheries, and holds national and international instructor certifications in officer safety and tactical communications training.
> AUTHOR | An officer’s perspective on body-worn camerasNZ Security Magazine, February 2018 |
BERNIE DIVER
Bernie Diver is the Principal of Strategic Sourcing, a multi-industry specialist consulting firm. and has previously held a range of senior roles in the New Zealand Diary Board, Heinz and Telecom. He is a past Chair of the New Zealand Defence Industry Association (NZDIA), has represented Industry on the NZ Government Procurement Reform Strategy Group, was a member of the Optimising New Zealand Industry Involvement in the Defence Sector Expert Advisory Group and the Defence Industry Advisory Council (DIAC). In 2016 he was elected a member of the Maungakiekie-Tamaki Local Board.
> AUTHOR | Towards a strategic relationship between Defence and IndustryLine of Defence, April 2016 |
> AUTHOR | Opportunities for Industry: NZDIA Annual ForumLine of Defence, November 2016 |
NICHOLAS DYNON
Nicholas Dynon edits Line of Defence Magazine. His 14-year career with Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection included roles in Sydney and Parliament House, Canberra, and as a diplomat in Shanghai, Beijing and Suva. Prior to posting overseas, he served in the Australian Army’s Signals and Transport corps as a non-commissioned and then commissioned officer. Based in Auckland, his research on Chinese Communist Party politics and ideology has been published in several peer reviewed journals. He holds an MA (ANU) and Master of International Studies with Honours (Sydney).
> AUTHOR | Learning from China: ‘Soft war’ and cultural securityLine of Defence, Summer 2017/18 |
> AUTHOR | Protecting crowds from terror: the public-private nexusLine of Defence, Spring 2017 |
> AUTHOR | OPINION: Towards an economics of terror threat in New ZealandLine of Defence, Winter 2017 |
> AUTHOR | The paradox of information sharing at New Zealand’s bordersLine of Defence, Winter 2017 |
> AUTHOR | The fog of smokeless war: A cyber security capability for NZDFLine of Defence, Autumn 2017 |
> AUTHOR | Swings and carousels in airport and border securityNZ Security, April/May 2015 |
PETER FRY
Peter Fry is author of the novel Ladder to the Moon. His career as a New Zealand Army officer included periods of service in New Zealand and SE Asia in both regimental and staff appointments, as a military observer seconded to the UN in the Middle East, and as New Zealand Defence Attaché to Indonesia and the Philippines. Following retirement, he joined the UN where he served deployments as a Security Adviser to Iraq, East Timor, the NW Pacific, Somalia, Pakistan and UN Headquarters in New York.
> INTERVIEWEE | BOOK REVIEW: Ladder to the MoonLine of Defence, November 2016 |
ALEXANDER GILLESPIE
Alexander Gillespie is Professor of Law at Waikato University’s law faculty. He has published 16 books, including The Causes of War: 1000-1600 (Volume 2). He was the first New Zealander to be named Rapporteur for the World Heritage Convention, he has advised the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Conservation on legal and policy matters, and provides commissioned work for the UN, Commonwealth Secretariat, and organisations in New Zealand, Australia, US, UK and Switzerland.
> INTERVIEWEE | Defence White Paper about keeping up and carrying weightLine of Defence, November 2016 |
GLENN GOWTHORPE
GPCAPT Glenn Gowthorpe is Defence Relationship Manager Auckland, New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), and was previously Chief of Staff RNZAF Base Auckland. GPCAPT Gowthorpe was Detachment Commander OP TIKI VII in 2014, and was awarded the Defence Meritorious Service Medal in recognition of his leadership of 230 (Mission Support) Squadron and the development of the Mobile Tactical Operations Centre. In 2009, he was the first RNZAF Officer to attend the Singapore Command and Staff Course.
> INTERVIEWEE | Fuel disruption response role for new NZDF Defence Relationship ManagerLine of Defence, Spring 2017 |
PETER GREENER
Dr Peter Greener is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Strategic Studies at Victoria University Wellington. He is an Honorary Professor, and was previously Academic Dean at the Command and Staff College of the New Zealand Defence Force. Dr Greener is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences at AUT University, where he was Head of the School of Public Health and Psychosocial Studies 2003–2007, and Head of the Department of Psychotherapy and Applied Psychology from 1998–2003.
> AUTHOR | Chief of Army Interview: The New Zealand Army – Present and FutureLine of Defence, Autumn 2018 |
> AUTHOR | Chief of Navy Interview: The future for the Royal New Zealand NavyLine of Defence, Summer 2017/18 |
> AUTHOR | Partners in the Pacific: NZDF operations support sustainable fisheriesLine of Defence, Spring 2017 |
> AUTHOR | Royal New Zealand Navy hosts SW Pacific Regional InitiativeLine of Defence, Spring 2017 |
> AUTHOR | Reading Between the Lines – Defence Capability Plan 2016Line of Defence, Autumn 2017 |
> AUTHOR | DWP 2016 – What does it mean for future capability?Line of Defence, November 2016 |
> AUTHOR | What to Expect from the Defence White PaperLine of Defence, April 2016 |
> AUTHOR | Solving the maintenance skills shortage with augmented realityLine of Defence, Winter 2017 |
DAVID HORSBURGH
David Horsburgh CPP PSP PCI is a Licensed Security Consultant and Managing Director of Security Risk Management (NZ) Limited. His three-decade career with the NZ Police and NZSIS, included roles in the Criminal Investigations Bureau and as a detective in the Special Investigations Unit conducting covert investigations of criminals. David is the only holder in New Zealand of all three ASIS board certifications - the CPP, PSP and PCI, and was the first in the Asia Pacific Region to do so. He holds a MSc in Security Management from Loughborough University, UK.
> AUTHOR | Expert Insight: Covert CCTV and the Private Investigators’ Code of ConductNZ Security, Dec 2017/Jan 2018 |
> AUTHOR | Expert insight: the Legality of Covert CCTVNZ Security, Oct/Nov 2017 |
WILLIAM HOVERD
Dr William Hoverd is a Senior Lecturer at Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies (CDSS). His research interests include critical research into New Zealand security issues and religious diversity. Dr Hoverd is the editor of the book New Zealand National Security: Challenges, Trends and Issues.
> AUTHOR | BOOK REVIEW: Security challenges in a globalised worldLine of Defence, Autumn 2017 |
DEBBIE HOWARTH
Debbie Howarth is Director Industry Engagement at the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF), based at the Defence Auckland Business Hub and reporting to Chief Joint Defence Services. She has previously held several roles in New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE), including Sector Manager - Marine, Project Manager Rugby World Cup (leveraging of NZ2011 Business Activities for the Marine, Aviation and high value manufacturing sectors), Customer Manager - Business Development, and Strategic Advisor.
> AUTHOR | Optimising New Zealand Industry involvement in NZ DefenceLine of Defence, April 2016 |
HONG-ENG KOH
Hong-Eng Koh is Global Chief Public Safety Expert of Huawei Enterprise Business Group. He started his career with the Singapore Police Force (SPF), holding various appointments including senior investigation officer, head of crime prevention and community policing, head of operations and training, and head of Computer Systems Division. He then worked as an integrator involved in mega government infrastructure and applications projects, and then 15 years in Oracle, including Sun Microsystems. He is a Vice President of the Society for the Policing of Cyberspace (POLCYB).
> INTERVIEWEE | Interview: Safe cities in the era of govt digital transformationNZ Security, June/July 2017 |
DEAN KIDD
Dean Kidd is the Safety and Security Manager for Auckland Live, part of Regional Facilities Auckland (RFA), an Auckland Council controlled organisation (CCO). He is also Chairman of the ASIS International New Zealand Chapter. His ‘Weapons Attack at an Iconic Venue’ training exercise at Auckland’s Aotea Centre in 2017 was a New Zealand first, and he is regarded as a leading figure in the security of public places in New Zealand.
> INTERVIEWEE | Australian business act to protect people in crowded placesNZ Security, Dec 2017/Jan 2018 |
> INTERVIEWEE | Protecting crowded places from terror attackNZ Security, Oct/Nov 2017 |
> SPEAKER | Exercise: weapons attack at an iconic venueNZ Security, Aug/Sep 2017 |
> INTERVIEWEE | Q&A: ASIS New Zealand Chair, Dean KiddNZ Security, June/July 2017 |
ROBERT KRUSHKA
BRIG Robert (Rob) Krushka MNZM is Commander, Defence Logistics Command. He joined the New Zealand Army in 1989. His previous appointments include Senior Instructor Transport and Movement; Officer Commanding and Executive Officer 2nd Logistics Battalion, Linton; Joint Operations Command, Sydney; Commander Logistics Command, Upper Hutt, and Logistics Command Land.
> SPEAKER | Standardisation and industry engagement: Meet the new COMLOGLine of Defence, Winter 2017 |
MARC LANTEIGNE
Dr Marc Lanteigne is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Massey University, Auckland, specialising in the foreign and domestic politics of China, and international relations and security in Oceania and the Polar regions. He has published extensively in his fields of interest and written three books including China’s Foreign Policy: An Introduction and China and International Institutions: Alternate Paths to Global Power.
> INTERVIEWEE | China’s Strategic Outlook: Expanding its footprint or finding its feet?Line of Defence, Summer 2017/18 |
> AUTHOR | China’s expanding Belt and Road policies: Challenges for OceaniaLine of Defence, Winter 2017 |
CHARLES LOTT
BRIG (Rtd) Charles (Charlie) Lott MNZM is the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Chief Joint Defence Services (CJDS). In his 34-year logistics career in the New Zealand Army, he saw operational service with the New Zealand Contingent MFO Sinai, as Liaison Officer for the UN Operations in Somalia, and as a Logistics Operations Senior Staff Officer. He was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2001.
> SPEAKER | A new framework for Defence – Industry partnershipsLine of Defence, Spring 2017 |
RON MARK
Hon Ron Mark is New Zealand Minister of Defence and Minister of Veterans Affairs, having been elected to Parliament in 1996 as a New Zealand First List MP. He was Mayor of Carterton from 2010 to 2014. He graduated from New Zealand Army's Regular Force Cadet School in 1971 as a soldier mechanic, and in 1978 he was accepted for Officer Cadet Training. In 1982, he was deployed to help set up the Multinational Force and Observers peacekeeping operation in the Sinai. From 1985 to 1990 he served in the Sultan of Oman's Defence Forces, completing his service as a Major.
> AUTHOR | Minister: Building cross-party support and gaining reassurance in procurementLine of Defence, Autumn 2018 |
> INTERVIEWEE | Exclusive Interview: Ron Mark, New Zealand's Minister of DefenceLine of Defence, Summer 2017/18 |
WAYNE MAPP
Hon Dr Wayne Mapp QSO was New Zealand’s Minister of Defence and Minister of Science and Innovation from 2008 to 2011. He served as the MP for the North Shore electorate from the 1996 elections until his retirement in late 2011, and was appointed to the New Zealand Law Commission in 2012. As minister, Dr Mapp launched the 2010 Defence White Paper, and was a member of the Advisory Panel for the 2016 White Paper. Before entering politics, he lectured in commercial law at University of Auckland.
> AUTHOR | Prime Minister’s international scorecard: a win and a lossLine of Defence, Summer 2017/18 |
> AUTHOR | Is North Korea actually a serous threat to peace?Line of Defence, Spring 2017 |
> AUTHOR | US-China relations through the North Korea looking glassLine of Defence, Winter 2017 |
> AUTHOR | New Zealand foreign policy with President TrumpLine of Defence, Autumn 2017 |
> AUTHOR | Defence White Paper a constructive way forwardLine of Defence, November 2016 |
MARK MITCHELL
Hon Mark Mitchell is the New Zealand National Party Spokesperson for Defence, a member of the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee. Having ben elected to Parliament in 2011, he is a former Minister of Defence, Minister for Land Information and Minister of Statistics. He was in the NZ Police from 1989 to 2002, including time as a dog handler, prior to eight years as a private security contractor and spent time in Iraq, including the siege of the Italian-run An Nasiriyah compound in Southern Iraq by the Mahdi militia in 2004.
> AUTHOR | Mark Mitchell: Cutbacks, Capabilities, and AcknowledgementsLine of Defence, Autumn 2018 |
> INTERVIEWEE | Interview: Opposition Defence Spokesperson Mark MitchellLine of Defence, Summer 2017/18 |
CLAIRE NEGUS
Claire Negus is managing director of Primary Delta Consulting, specialising in procurement, governance and strategy. A contracts and procurement specialist, Claire is on the ANZ International Association for Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM) advisory board. She holds a Bachelor of Laws, a Bachelor of Commerce, an MBA, a Master of Business Strategy, a Certificate in Risk and Strategic Decision Making from Stanford University, and a Certificate in Global Leadership from INSEAD, France.
> INTERVIEWEE | Contracting strategy in a Mega Project environmentLine of Defence, Spring 2017 |
> INTERVIEWEE | Interview: the case for aerostats and persistent surveillanceLine of Defence, Winter 2017 |
> AUTHOR | The future of firefighting equipmentFireNZ, September 2017 |
CHARLIE O'DONNELL
Charlie O'Donnell is a Director of Risq New Zealand Limited. With 29 years security industry experience, Mr O’Donnell has worked for multinationals, including IBM, Westpac and National Bank of New Zealand, and for The Treasury as Departmental Security Officer. As a consultant, he has worked with various companies and government agencies, specialising in security framework and organisational design, policy, risk assessment and analysis, physical and electronic security design and review, and incident management. He is a current/past member of several security industry bodies and working groups.
> INTERVIEWEE | INTERVIEW: State of the industry with RISQ New ZealandNZ Security, Feb/Mar 2018 |
STEWART O'REILLY
Stewart O'Reilly is Manager at Secureflight Ltd, an aeronautical security provider based at Auckland Airport. He was previously Director of Training at the New Zealand Security Association (NZSA). His background is in education and security, including 15 years as an intelligence officer with the New Zealand Government working in counter-terrorism roles. He has held the designation of Certified Anti-Terrorism Specialist (CATS) from the International Anti-Terrorism Accreditation Board (ATAB) since 2008.
> INTERVIEWEE | Common sense required in commenting on terrorist threatLine of Defence, Summer 2016/17 |
ROBERT OWEN
Dr Robert C. Owen is Professor of Aeronautical Science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida, USA. During his distinguished career in the United States Air Force (USAF) he clocked 3,200+ flying hours in C-130 and T-37, 38, and 41 aircraft. Apart from flying assignments, he also served as a doctrinalist and a strategic planner at the USAF and Air Mobility Command Headquarters, a professor at the Air Force Academy, and dean of the USAF School of Advanced Airpower Studies.
> AUTHOR | Shaping New Zealand’s airlift force for the next 40 yearsLine of Defence, Autumn 2017 |
ROBERT PATMAN
Robert G. Patman is a Professor and head of the Politics Department at the University of Otago. He is a Fulbright Senior Scholar, a Senior Fellow at the Centre of Strategic Studies, Wellington, and an Honorary Professor of the NZDF Command and Staff College. Robert’s research interests concern US foreign policy, international relations, global security, great powers and the Horn of Africa. He is an editor for the journal International Studies Perspectives, and is the author or editor of 11 books.
> AUTHOR | Is New Zealand's Surveillance Controversy Over?Line of Defence, April 2016 |
TONY PATMORE
Tony Patmore is the CEO, CSO, Managing Director and Senior Partner within The Red Wolf Group, a New Zealand based security solutions company. He has headed multiple SMEs over the past 25 years, employing in excess of 300 staff over this period, He has previously served on the Electrical Contractors of New Zealand (ECANZ) committee including as President and Vice President of its Wellington Branch, and he is currently a board member of the Telecare Services Association New Zealand (TSANZ).
> INTERVIEWEE | Interview series: State of the IndustryNZ Security, Oct/Nov 2017 |
> INTERVIEWEE | Red Wolf setting new industry standardsNZ Security, Oct/Nov 2015 |
LINCOLN POTTER
Lincoln Potter PSP, is ASIS International New Zealand Chapter deputy-chairman (previously treasurer) and a security professional of over 25 years’ experience. The winner of the 2016 New Zealand Security Consultant of the Year Award, he has been a trainer and auditor of the Codes of Practice programme for the New Zealand Security Association (NZSA). He holds a New Zealand National Diploma in Security (NDiS) and the PSP ASIS International Board Certification.
> AUTHOR | Opinion: Guarding in a post-compliant societyNZ Security, Dec 2017/Jan 2018 |
> INTERVIEWEE | Protecting crowds from terror: the public-private nexusLine of Defence, Spring 2017 |
> INTERVIEWEE | Protecting crowded places from terror attackNZ Security, Oct/Nov 2017 |
MICHAEL PEPPER
Michael Pepper is a respected security consultant and former Chairman of the ASIS International New Zealand Chapter (2005-6) and Regional Vice President for ASIS Region 15A (New Zealand and Papua New Guinea) (2008-12). He has also been an NZQA qualified workplace assessor and assessment moderator, and an NZSA auditor. Michael gained his Master of Science Degree in Security Management from the Department of Criminology from the University of Leicester, UK, and he also holds the CPP and PSP ASIS International Board Certifications.
> INTERVIEWEE | Interview series: State of the IndustryNZ Security, Oct/Nov 2017 |
ANNA POWLES
Dr Anna Powles is a Senior Lecturer at Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies and founding member of the Security, Politics and Development Network. Her research expertise is in geopolitics, conflict and security in the Pacific region; regional peacekeeping, private military and security companies, civil-military relations, and women, peace and security.
> INTERVIEWEE | Interview: Fiji continues to look north for military cooperationLine of Defence, Winter 2017 |
DAMIEN ROGERS
Dr Damien Rogers is a Senior Lecturer at Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies. He is author of Postinternationalism and Small Arms Control: Theory, Politics, Security (New York: Routledge, 2016). His next book, Law, Politics and the Limits of Prosecuting Mass Atrocity, will be published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2018. Prior to academia he served in intelligence roles in various New Zealand government ministries, including the GCSB, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Primary Industries and Immigration New Zealand.
> AUTHOR | Genocide Looming in South Sudan?Line of Defence, Winter 2017 |
> AUTHOR | Q&A: Evaluating NZ’s membership of the UN Security CouncilLine of Defence, April 2016 |
CARLTON RUFFELL
Carlton Ruffell PSP CPP, director of Carlton and Associates Ltd, has directed protective security strategies for diplomats, MPs and the military in New Zealand and in conflict zones overseas. A former Security Information Officer for New Zealand’s Parliamentary Service, he has served in the New Zealand Police and New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF). He is author of the book Protecting People in New Zealand.
> INTERVIEWEE | Protecting crowds from terror: the public-private nexusLine of Defence, Spring 2017 |
> INTERVIEWEE | Protecting crowded places from terror attackNZ Security, Oct/Nov 2017 |
> AUTHOR | BOOK REVIEW: Project management lessons from the extreme coldLine of Defence, Autumn 2017 |
> INTERVIEWEE | Common sense required in commenting on terrorist threatLine of Defence, Summer 2016/17 |
> INTERVIEWEE | Securing against vehicle-borne attacksNZ Security, Aug/Sep 2016 |
JASON SPIVEY
Jason Spivey is Managing Director, Security and Counter Terrorism Consultant at Tristate Group Pty Ltd, an Australian high-risk security solutions and training provider. With over 21 years’ experience within the policing and high-risk security operations fields, and a background in Police Tactical and Counter Terrorism Operations, he has provided consultative and training services in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. He holds diplomas in Public Security and Security Risk Management in addition to several other security and training qualifications.
> AUTHOR | What have security services learnt from recent terrorist events?NZ Security, Feb/Mar 2018 |
BRIDGETTE SULLIVAN-TAYLOR
Dr Bridgette Sullivan-Taylor is Senior Lecturer in business at the University of Auckland's Graduate School of Management. During 20 years in the UK, she worked in the NHS and with the UK Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat. Bridgette is an Associate Fellow at the University of Warwick Institute for Advanced Studies and for Aston and Warwick Business School, and a member of the ESRC Peer Review College. Her areas of expertise include risk management, organisational resilience, strategic decision making, public-private partnerships, uncertainty and extreme events.
> INTERVIEWEE | Manchester stadium attack: holes in the perimeter?NZ Security, June/July 2017 |
> INTERVIEWEE | International terror and the paradox of being connectedLine of Defence, April 2016 |
> AUTHOR | NZ businesses need to ‘join up’ for resilience to threatsNZ Security, Dec 2015/Jan 2016 |
> INTERVIEWEE | Preparing businesses for extreme eventsNZ Security, June/July 2015 |
RICHARD TAYLOR
LTCOL Richard Taylor, PhD, is Commandant, New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Command and Staff College. He has previously served as Operations Officer Operation BEL ISI II (Bougainville), Commanding Officer of the Military Studies Institute, and Defence Adviser to Papua New Guinea. Prior to his current appointment, he was seconded to Headquarters Papua New Guinea Defence Force as Deputy Chief of Staff.
> AUTHOR | BOOK REVIEW: Army Fundamentals (Editor B. K. Greener)Line of Defence, Winter 2017 |
JENNIE VICKERS
Jennie Vickers is the Executive Director of the New Zealand Defence Industry Association (NZDIA). She was previously ANZ Director for the International Association of Contract and Commercial Management (IACCM), and in this role delivered Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) training to the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Commencing her career as a lawyer in mergers and acquisitions in London, she has specialised in sales and distribution contracts, intellectual property and M&A for several top-tier law firms, corporates and multinationals.
> INTERVIEWEE | New NZDIA Executive Director: Jennie VickersLine of Defence, Winter 2017 |
> INTERVIEWEE | SRM and delivering Australia’s Guided Missile FrigatesLine of Defence, April 2016 |
CHRIS WILSON
Dr Chris Wilson is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Auckland, having held a number of roles in conflict analysis and prevention with the World Bank, UNDP and other international agencies. His research and teaching is focused on violent conflict and terrorism. He is coordinator of the Master of Conflict and Terrorism Studies.
> INTERVIEWEE | Q&A: Radicalisation and terror in New ZealandLine of Defence, Winter 2017 |
KATHY WRIGHT
Kathy Wright is Managing Director C4 Group Ltd and Chair of the NZ Security Training Association (NZSTA). Kathy spent 38 years as a registered nurse with experience in emergency and trauma nursing, ambulance, primary health care, education and management. She is an accredited assessor for the Nursing Council and NZQA, and a member of the NZQA Project Advisory Group reviewing NZ First Aid standards, and has undertaken disaster response and capacity building projects in the Pacific. She holds a Masters degree from Auckland University in Clinical Education.
> AUTHOR | Navigating the training highway – how to decide what you need and where to get itNZ Security, Oct/Nov 2017 |
JAMES YEARSLEY
James Yearsley is Managing Director of ICARAS (Independent Critical Asset Risk and Security) Consultants, a member of the All-of-Government Consultancy Services Panel for Operations Management & Risk and a member of the Protective Security Services Sub-panel. ICARAS Consultants is the trading name for J H Yearsley Ltd. A former British Army Officer, Mr Yearsley is a registered Security Engineer, Chartered Civil Engineer, Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Association of Project Managers, the Institute of Directors and the Institute of Royal Engineers.
> AUTHOR | Independent advice ensures security solutions that target the risksNZ Security, Feb/Mar 2018 |
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