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PhD Candidate, Charles Sturt University (Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security). Research focus: transnational risk, safety, security, resilience, and management sciences. 265+ research items on ResearchGate.
Where Travellers Actually Get Hurt
The mismatch between how business travellers are killed, injured, and made sick abroad — and how vendor-led travel risk management says they will be.
View on ResearchGateFrom Tradecraft to Science: Security Risk Methodology
A reflexive single-case study of security risk methodology, from practitioner and author to expert witness, in a landmark investment arbitration.
View on ResearchGateBeyond Duty of Care: The Protective Obligation
A jurisdiction-neutral construct for multinational security, risk and mobility governance — comparative analysis across common law, civil law, hybrid, religious, and mixed legal systems.
View on ResearchGateConfirm the Baseline: A Call to the Audit and Risk Committee
Commission an expert baseline before the board attests, and confront the audit-and-risk imbalance the enhancement model exposes.
View on ResearchGateStrait of Hormuz: Strategic Centre of Gravity
A board-grade analysis of the current state, future states, and organisational exposure to one of the world's highest-concentration geopolitical risk chokepoints.
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All research, preprints, conference papers, and working papers are available on ResearchGate. 63 citations. 237 Research Interest Score.
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Risk + Safety + Security + Sciences
Practitioner-grade audio on enterprise risk, security, resilience, and the science behind real-world risk management. No consulting jargon — just applied knowledge from 30 years of operational leadership.
Available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms. Legacy episodes also available on SoundCloud.
Risk + Safety + Security + Sciences
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Topics Covered
- Enterprise risk governance
- Travel risk and duty of care
- Critical infrastructure and SOCI/CIRMP
- Board and executive risk reporting
- Expert witness and standard of care
- Intelligence collection and analysis
- Security culture and leadership
- Crisis management and resilience
- Geopolitical risk
Key Standards Referenced in This Work
The following international standards and frameworks form the foundation of the advisory and research work. All are publicly accessible through their respective issuing bodies.
ISO 31000:2018
Risk Management — Guidelines. The international standard for risk management principles, framework, and process.
ISO.org ↗ISO 31030:2021
Travel Risk Management — Guidance for organisations. The standard for managing risk to people while travelling for work.
ISO.org ↗SOCI Act 2018 (Australia)
Security of Critical Infrastructure Act — the framework for protecting Australia's critical infrastructure sectors and managing sector-specific risks.
legislation.gov.au ↗ISO 22301:2019
Security and Resilience — Business Continuity Management Systems. Requirements for planning, establishing, and implementing continuity programmes.
ISO.org ↗NIST CSF 2.0
NIST Cybersecurity Framework — widely adopted framework for managing cybersecurity risk, applicable across sectors and organisation sizes.
NIST.gov ↗ASX Corporate Governance Principles
4th Edition — the governance framework for ASX-listed entities, including risk management obligations for boards and executives.
ASX.com.au ↗Free Handbook Downloads
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FAA Risk Management Handbook, Translated for Security & Risk
The aviation decision frameworks (PAVE, FRAT, hazardous attitudes, 3P) that cut pilot-error accidents, mapped directly to security, crisis and enterprise risk practice. Free to download.
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The UK government's own risk framework: comply-or-explain, the principal risk test and the Three Lines Model, mapped directly to security, crisis and enterprise risk practice. Free to download.
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15 published articles covering risk governance, duty of care, critical infrastructure, expert witness standards, intelligence collection, security culture, and more — drawn from 30 years of practitioner experience.
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