Strategic & Board Advisor
Dr Gary Waters (Air Commodore, ret’d) has been acting as a strategic advisor to the CEO, David Sandell and Chairman of the Board, Stephen Beaumont, through the early stages of CI-ISAC.
Gary served for just over 33 years in the Royal Australian Air Force (retiring early as an Air Commodore); served as a senior public servant in Defence for a further four years; and worked in the private sector as Head of Strategy for Jacobs Australia for seven years. He retired in 2013 and now works on a casual basis as an independent strategy consultant.
He has written over twenty books or papers on diverse topics, including cyber security and cyber warfare. Gary continues to pursue his interests in strategy and high-level policy, and in emergent and disruptive technologies, including those associated with digital transformation and cyber security.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (graduating with majors in accounting and economics); a graduate of the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force Staff College; a graduate of the University of New South Wales, with an MA (Hons) in history; a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors; and a graduate of the Australian National University with a PhD in political science and international relations. He is currently a founding director (since 2018) of the Integrated Institute for Economic Research – Australia.
