Defence Business_Issue 41 (Nov 17 – Jan 18)_DTC_Web

4 CHAIRPERSON AND CEO INTRODUCTION
November/December 2017/January 2018 Defence Business
Chairperson and CEO Introduction
A word from Chairperson Darryl Mincham and CEO Margot Forster
Welcome to Issue 41 of Defence Business, the last for this year.
If the success of 2017 is measured by the number of Ministerial announcements
made, then 2017 was monumental for the defence industry, with Minister Pyne
releasing just shy of 150 during the course of the year.
Rarely before have we seen the Defence sector dominate the mainstream media
headlines like it has this year, with the sector touted to turn the national economy
around and underpin the future prosperity of the nation.
This is an exciting time to be in the defence industry.
The shift in the defence industry environment is welcome, but it brings with
it a need for us to change the way we operate as a national defence industry base.
The Australian defence industry is just that, Australian. The investment being made
in defence industry capability is nation building stuff and we need to approach it that
way, setting aside state rivalries and banding together to compete against established
overseas supply chains.
For the Defence Teaming Centre, 2017 has been a year of consolidation. After a
long period of instability for industry and the need for strong advocacy at the Federal
level, we have moved to a phase of national collaboration, mobilising the national
industry to ensure we are ready and well positioned to compete and win work
on future programs.
2018 will see more changes to the DTC strategy with a renewed emphasis
on bringing the national industry base together to meet the future capability and
workforce demands.
This issue explores the notion of Team Australia, looking at issues such as
Intellectual Property, the road to achieving Sovereign Capability and developing the
required workforce to deliver future programs.
We congratulate industry on a very successful year and we look forward to
working with and supporting you all in 2018.
The Defence Teaming Centre welcomes new Chair of the Board, Darryl
Mincham, Managing Director of Mincham Aviation and new Board members Audra
McCarthy of Lockheed Martin Australia, Davyd Thomas of Austal, Fred Hull of Axiom
Precision Manufacturing and Brett Newell of Boeing Defence Australia.
On behalf of the Board and DTC team, we wish you all a Merry Christmas and
prosperous New Year.
The DTC would like to acknowledge the support of our sponsors
NHP
KPMG
Naval, Military &
Airforce Club
Optus
Jones Harley Toole Mantra Group OpSys
PwC