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My career has spanned twenty-eight years of working in commercial aviation as a pilot in air transport operations and flight training, I hold an Air Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL), Instrument Rating, Grade 1 Flight Instructor Rating and Flight Examiner Rating, I have over 7000 hours of flying experience. In the year 2000 I became the Head of Flight Operations of a flight training college that specialises in airline cadet pilot training, primarily for airlines based in the East-Asia region. In 2021 I joined the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) of Australia. My role at CASA is with the Operations Implementation Branch, as a Senior Flying Operations Inspector, which involves a mix of flying, regulatory and safety oversight functions. 

I hold a Doctor of Philosophy, awarded at the University of New South Wales in 2021, and a Master of Aviation Management degree, awarded at the University of Newcastle (Australia) in 2009. I have a strong interest in research, with my central area of research at the University of NSW being flight crew safety reporting behaviours and confidence and trust in the construct of 'Just Culture'.

I was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS), London, in 2021, and I am an active member of the Australian Aviation Psychology Association (AAvPA), the European Association of Aviation Psychology (EAAP), and the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF).

I live in Brisbane, and also my hometown of Port Macquarie, Australia. My interests are: aviation safety research, all aspects of aviation, my dog (he is a 4-year old Whippet, named Floyd) and travel.