Leadership
Experience Practitioners. Trusted Advisors.
Red Halo is led by experience operational professionals with extensive backgrounds spanning emergency management, healthcare, industrial response, rescue, crisis leadership and capability development.
Our People
Co-Founder | Disaster, Health and Business Continuity Specialist
A highly experienced emergency and disaster management professional with more than three decades of frontline healthcare, operational leadership, and emergency management experience.
With a background in emergency and critical care, this co‑founder has built a diverse career across disaster management, emergency preparedness, crisis leadership, business continuity, education, and multi‑agency emergency response. Their experience combines strategic capability with extensive operational expertise gained through managing real‑world emergencies, major incidents, and complex crisis environments across metropolitan, regional, and rural settings.
Over the last decade, they have held senior emergency management leadership roles within large, geographically dispersed health systems, overseeing emergency preparedness, incident coordination, and disaster response capability across multiple facilities. They have led and coordinated responses to major bushfires, flooding emergencies, pandemic operations, hazardous materials incidents, mass‑casualty events, critical infrastructure failures, and complex multi‑agency emergencies. They also have extensive experience in major event planning, motorsport emergency management, emergency operations centre coordination, health response leadership, crisis escalation, and operational recovery.
As a certified member of recognised business continuity and investigation bodies, they specialise in organisational resilience, emergency governance systems, incident investigation, lesson management, and continuous improvement.
A highly experienced educator and facilitator, they have spent well over a decade designing and delivering emergency management training, exercises, workshops, and capability development programs. They also volunteer their clinical and emergency expertise within motorsport medical teams, supporting safety during high‑risk motorsport operations.
Key Expertise
- Disaster and Emergency Management
- Business Continuity and Resilience
- Incident Management and Crisis Leadership
- Emergency Planning and Governance
- Incident Investigation and ICAM
- Training and Capability Development
- Exercise Design and Evaluation
Co-Founder | Emergency Response and Operational Capability Specialist
A highly experienced emergency responder, paramedic, firefighter, and operational leader with extensive experience across mining, industrial operations, emergency services, rescue, and high‑risk environments.
With more than a decade of frontline and operational experience, this co‑founder has built their career in complex, resource‑limited, and high‑consequence settings — including remote and industrial environments where rapid decision‑making, adaptability, and operational discipline are critical.
Their background spans emergency medical response, industrial emergency systems, rescue operations, workforce capability development, and operational coordination across mining, rail, and hazardous environments. They have supported emergency response readiness, clinical governance, contract coordination, and workforce deployment within demanding operational contexts.
They also bring hands‑on experience in bushfire operations, hazardous materials response, rescue, and community protection. Their multi‑agency exposure strengthens their ability to operate effectively across integrated emergency environments.
They specialise in developing practical, fit‑for‑purpose emergency response systems for high‑risk operations — ensuring procedures, training, and capability are aligned to real‑world conditions rather than theoretical frameworks.
Committed to workforce capability and safety culture, they focus on building confident, well‑prepared teams that can perform under pressure and respond effectively when it matters most.
Their experience in remote and industrial environments provides valuable insight into the challenges of limited resources, extended response times, and complex risk profiles, shaping a pragmatic, outcomes‑focused approach to emergency preparedness and resilience.
Prepared For Pressure
Strategic emergency management support for organisations operating in high-risk environments.