Julian has over a decade of domestic and international consulting experience specialising in risk, crisis and business continuity management. His experience extends across public and private sectors including:

• Maritime and aviation transport.
• Consumer goods, textiles and retail.
• Horticulture and agronomy.
• Banking and finance (including fintech).
• Utilities (electricity, gas, liquid fuels, water and communications).

He possesses over two decades’ experience developing and delivering training and education programs for diverse audiences including some of the world’s most specialised military forces, 25 of the ASX top 100 companies, government departments and first responder organisations.

Julian has supported and provided risk, emergency, crisis and business continuity management consulting services including:

• Developed the crisis management and business continuity policy frameworks for two federal reserve banks.
• Developed crisis management plans for several peak industry bodies within the Australian horticulture sector and provided awareness training for their membership organisations.
• Established (All-Hazard) Emergency Evacuation and Business Continuity Plans for four listed multi-national organisations operating in Hong Kong in preparation for further community destabilisation in 2019.
• Developed business continuity plans for multinational organisations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia operating in sectors including consumer goods, textiles, retail, banking and human services (recruiting).
• Developed crisis and business continuity management policies, plans and procedures for multinational organisations in the pharmaceutical industry across the Asia Pacific region.
• Provided organisation-wide risk, crisis and business continuity management training programs for multinational organisations across numerous industries to enhance organisational culture.
• Supported an Australian ‘big four’ banking institution’s response to COVID-19 including establishing remote working arrangements and associated business continuity processes for approximately 35,000 employees.
• Delivered over 200 emergency, crisis and business continuity training exercises in formats ranging from desktop scenarios through to multi-agency national activation activities.

Julian holds an Australian Government security clearance.

Julian’s experience is backed by tertiary qualifications and industry certifications in relevant disciplines such as business continuity, risk management and training and is currently studying to obtain a Graduate Certificate in Psychology of Business and Management.

Further, due to his combination of real-world and pedagogical experience, Julian is a contract lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), lecturing in risk management for post-graduate courses offered through the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building.