AIPIO - Key Persons


Anastasia Zafeirakopoulos

Anastasia Zafeirakopoulos is a lawyer with almost 20 years of regulatory and corporate law experience. She has a strong regulatory background having worked across several roles for the Federal Government including governance, risk, compliance. Anastasia has experience in law enforcement, supervision, policy and law reform contexts. As well as her depth of experience in law, Anastasia brings a multidisciplinary perspective to governance more generally, having also managed her own business as a physiotherapist and working with professional sports teams.

Brett Peppler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General Board
  • Managing Director of Intelligent Futures Pty Ltd
Brett Peppler is the Managing Director of Intelligent Futures Pty Ltd (www.ifutures.com.au) - a specialist management consulting practice providing intelligence-led approaches for strategic planning. Brett has over 44 years' experience as a professional intelligence officer, including appointments across multiple domains of intelligence practice in Australia and overseas. Brett has made a significant contribution as a thought leader in intelligence studies, developing scholarly articles and addressing national and international intelligence conferences. Brett is a Fellow, Past President, and Life Member of the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers (AIPIO), a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), a Member and former Board Member of the International Association for Intelligence Education (IAFIE), and an Adjunct Fellow at Macquarie University. Follow Brett on Twitter @cbrettp and @iFuturesAU.

Dave Ellis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General Board
  • Senior Sergeant in Victoria Police
Dave Ellis is a Senior Sergeant in Victoria Police and manages investigation, intelligence and tasking operations in Western Region Division 4 in Western Victoria. He has been working in the intelligence and investigation fields since 1998. Dave has a Masters in Terrorism and Security Studies (Charles Sturt University), Bachelor of Policing (Investigations) and is currently studying as a post grad student at Griffith University. Dave has been a member of AIPIO since 2015.

Dr Anthea-McCarthy Jones

Job Titles:
  • Senior Lecturer in the School of Business
Dr Anthea-McCarthy Jones is Senior Lecturer in the School of Business at UNSW Canberra. Anthea holds a PhD in International Relations and has extensive fieldwork experience in Latin America. Her current research focusses on the role of ‘brokers' in the organisational and operational structures of illicit networks and the threats these non-traditional actors pose to the state. She has published work on Australia's neo-jihadist terror network and linkages between organised crime groups in Latin America, Asia and Australia. Dr McCarthy-Jones is also a member of the UNSW Cyber Group in Canberra.

Dr Charles Moschoudis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the AIPIO Publications Team

Elaine Ogden

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General Board
Elaine Ogden has had an extensive career in the public service. She is working with the AIPIO Emergince Intellignece Practitioner Program.

Glenn Tait

Job Titles:
  • Senior Sergeant With the Queensland Police Service
Glenn Tait is a Senior Sergeant with the Queensland Police Service, working in the State Intelligence Group. He has been working in the intelligence field since 1998 involved from station to state level. Part of his career has been working at the Police Academy delivering the Intelligence Training Program corrupting the young minds of future generations of practitioners. He has a strong commitment function across all agencies and disciplines which is demonstrated by his membership with International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts (IALEIA) and AIPIO. The latter, he is the Queensland representative for.

Kat Harrison

Job Titles:
  • Intelligence and Policy Specialist
Kat Harrison is a leading intelligence and policy specialist in emergency management, law enforcement and regulation sectors. Kat has over 15 years of management and intelligence analysis experience across the Victorian Government and leading statutory entities including Victoria Police and IBAC. Kat is currently a Senior Intelligence Analyst at the Department of Justice and Community Safety where she is driving vital research to advance evidence-based integrity reform across the department. Her previous work at the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and Parks Victoria was instrumental in operations targeting illegal timber harvesting and international native wildlife smuggling. Kat has a Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice and a Master of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism. She has been a member of AIPIO since 2014 and is currently the AIPIO Secretary. Kat is passionate about promoting and improving professionalism within the intelligence industry.

Kim Valois

Job Titles:
  • Chief Information Security Officer
Kim Valois is a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and a former professional intelligence officer with decades of operational intelligence service. She now works in the cybersecurity domain with experience working across many industries including defence, financial services, information technology, higher education, and utilities. She leads teams protecting critical infrastructure against cyber threats and currently is the CISO at SA Water in Adelaide, South Australia.

Kirsten Williams

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General Board
  • Policy Advisor With Department of Justice
Kirsten Williams commenced employment as a Policy Advisor with Department of Justice in 2002. Having always wanted to pursue a career in criminal intelligence, Kirsten joined Victoria Police in 2005 as a civilian intelligence practitioner and has performed analytical roles in a range of operational and strategic intelligence areas. Kirsten's current role is Executive Adviser to the Deputy Commissioner, Capability Kirsten holds undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Criminology, post graduate qualifications in Criminology (The University of Melbourne), Criminal Intelligence (Charles Sturt University), Management (Victoria University) and most recently Executive Leadership (Australian Institute of Police Management). Kirsten was awarded the Chief Commissioner's Medal for Merit for the Regional Boundaries Project in 2011. Kirsten has held various roles on not-for-profit boards including the Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers and Regional Development Australia, Hume. Kirsten is passionate about professionalising intelligence, exploring data analytics and developing emerging leaders in all practices. In her spare time Kirsten enjoys playing golf and the benefits of living in country Victoria.

Lesley Honeyman

Job Titles:
  • Director Operations
Lesley Honeyman joined the Department of Customer Service in January 2019 as the Director Operations, Cyber Security NSW. In this role she is responsible for several functions which include intelligence, incident response, capability development, infrastructure security and vulnerability scanning. Together with her team she has established the first state government vulnerability scanning capability - Bathurst Vulnerability Management Centre. Ms Honeyman as the Director Operations continues to develop and maintain positive working relationships with key agencies at a state, national and international level. She has over 25 years of experience in the intelligence and security field, both at the state and federal level. Her experience includes providing leadership and coordination to cyber incident response, special events and operations managed by NSW Police Force (Lindt Café, World Youth Day and the 2000 Sydney Olympics). She received a Deputy Commissioner's Commendation and an award of meritorious service for her commitment and dedication to NSW Police Force.

Richard (Rick) Keir

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the General Board
  • Air Commodore
  • Member of the Order of Australia
Richard (Rick) Keir is the Director of his company, Stirling Advisory. Rick provides strategic advisory and consultancy services to the intelligence, defence, and national security communities, as well as related Australian and international (FVEY) industry. Rick was a professional Royal Australian Air Force Intelligence Officer for over 30 years. During military career Rick held a range of demanding staff and command appointments at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels of command as both an Intelligence specialist and as a generalist, in Air Force, joint, and national organisations. Rick was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM); awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC); was the first Air Force Intelligence Officer promoted to the rank of Air Commodore in 2015; and, led, managed, and governed intelligence organisations that included up to 200 of Australia's finest men and women. Rick holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Public Administration from the Australian National University, and a Master of Arts (Strategic Studies) from Deakin University. He is a graduate of the Canadian Forces Command and Staff Course and Australian Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies' Defence and Strategic Studies Course. He has also graduated from the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Cranlana, Harvard Kennedy School, and Australian Graduate School of Management.

Sam MacDonald

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General Board
Sam MacDonald works in strategy and risk. Sam is a part of the AIPIO Governance team.

Sam Radford

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General Board
  • Intelligence Analyst
Sam Radford is currently employed as an intelligence analyst in the Insurance industry and has experience in fraud detection, identifying and profiling high-risk networks and assisting in the development and testing of fraud prevention systems and software. Sam is passionate about the value intelligence can bring to private industry in strategic decision-making, risk assessment and process refinement. Sam holds a Bachelor's Degree in Justice majoring in criminology and policing and previously worked in Law Enforcement Operations for Snap Inc.

Samantha Rush

Job Titles:
  • Corporate Executive, Company Director
Samantha Rush is an experienced Corporate Executive, Company Director, and Advisor who believes in the importance of making a positive impact. Her experience, knowledge and skills are unique and multifaceted, spanning business intelligence, risk, governance, strategy, sales, finance transformation, project management, change management, and operational efficiency. She holds an MBA, as well as tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Industrial Relations and HR, International Business, and is currently undertaking a PhD focused on team decision making.

Shannon Armstrong

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General Board
  • Intelligence Analyst
Shannon Armstrong is a highly experienced career Intelligence Analyst, leader, and trainer with 25 years of experience covering a broad spectrum of law enforcement, security intelligence, and defense. Shannon has a remarkable track record of delivering real-world intelligence outcomes and leading high-pressure, active counter-terrorism and threat-to-life investigations, providing critical insights that inform operational decision-making. The director of Intelo Training Solutions, Shannon delivers a comprehensive suite of intelligence leadership and tradecraft training for government, business, and industry. Shannon has served as the Intelligence Capability Advisor to the Australian and New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee, responsible for the national training and professional development of Australia's CT Intelligence Response capabilities. Shannon holds a Bachelor of Education, a Masters in Terrorism Safety and Security, and post-graduate qualifications in Adult Vocational Training. In 2017, he was awarded the AIPIO individual award in recognition of his contributions to the intelligence profession.

Shawn Ingle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General Board
  • Intelligence Analyst
Shawn Ingle is currently engaged in an intelligence analyst role within Commonwealth Government. A member of AIPIO since 2019, and the AIPIO Board since 2013, Shawn has more than 20 years experience across intelligence and investigative roles in multiple Commonwealth and State Government organisations.

Walter Laqueur

Job Titles:
  • Historian
Historian Walter Laqueur observed that no one has succeeded in crafting a theory of intelligence. Even today, we have no accepted definition of intelligence. Many of the working definitions stress the 'informational' aspects of intelligence rather than its 'organisational' aspects. For example, intelligence is the product resulting from the collection, processing, integration, analysis, evaluation and interpretation of available information concerning foreign countries or areas. In practice, intelligence is both insight and an organised system for collecting and exploiting supporting data, information and knowledge. Intelligence is both an activity and a product of that activity. But most importantly, intelligence must confer an advantage to the customer. Intelligence work is best undertaken by professionals.